Opinion

Why Do We Allow Child Marriage in America?

Girls as young as 10 are sometimes legally wed here in the U.S., even as we tell other countries to end this cruel practice.
Newsweek

Map Shows Where Child Marriage Is Still Allowed After State’s Ban Starts

New Hampshire's child marriage ban went into effect on Wednesday, making it the 13th state to require people to be 18 years old to get married. Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of ...
KSDK

Former Missouri child brides call for outlawing marriages of minors

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Adult women who left marriages they entered as children on Wednesday called on Missouri lawmakers to outlaw child marriage, a practice currently legal in most states. Missouri ...
Austin American-Statesman

Texas lawmakers move to abolish child marriage: 'The practice should be ended completely'

The Texas Legislature is poised to end the controversial practice of child marriage in the Lone Star State with a bill the House passed Wednesday. House Bill 168, authored by Rep. Jon Rosenthal, ...
The New York Times

After Her Sister Wed at 11, a Girl Began Fighting Child Marriage at 13

Memory Banda’s battle, which she has been waging since she was a teenager in a village in Malawi, started with a poignant question: “Why should this be happening to girls so young?” By Rabson Kondowe ...