Since 2018, 16 states and Washington, D.C., have ended child marriage by raising the legal age for marriage to 18.

Child marriages are legal in every US state because of a hodgepodge of exceptions that let minors get married with parental consent or judicial approval. A majority of these marriages are coerced and ...

HARTFORD — Pledging to end the last vestiges of child marriage in Connecticut, state lawmakers voted to raise the minimum age to marry to 18 on Friday, sending the legislation to Gov. Ned Lamont to be ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A bill that would ban child marriage has made its way through the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate, where it has less than two weeks left to be voted on. HB 168 closes ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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SHAMVA, Zimbabwe (AP) — Inside a white tent with a wooden fireplace in the middle, about two dozen African girls slipped off their shoes, sat on mattresses and prepared to pour their hearts out. They ...