A bill banning child marriage in Oklahoma became law on May 13 without Governor Kevin Stitt’s signature.
Oklahoma has banned child marriage, becoming the 17th US state to do so. Senate Bill 504, which faced Republican opposition, sets the minimum marriage age at 18 without exceptions.
A law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...
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Christian groups hail Solomon Islands review to end child marriage, raise minimum age to 18
The Solomon Islands Government has begun reviewing its child-marriage law, with plans to consider raising the legal age to 18 — a move welcomed by Christian aid agencies, including World Vision New ...
On November 14, the Balochistan Assembly passed the Child Marriage Prohibition Bill with a majority vote. The new law sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 for both males and females, and ...
Colorado was poised to become the 17th state to ban child marriage, but the proposal has since been rolled back at the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Legislators pushing bipartisan legislation to prohibit marriage before age 18 in Ohio presented the perspectives of domestic violence advocates and women with experiences entering ...
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