The Ohio Senate has delayed a vote on a bill that would raise the minimum marriage age to 18 without exception. Current Ohio law permits 17-year-olds to marry with judicial approval under specific ...

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recently stalled effort to ban minors from getting married in Ohio is moving again, with a key Senate committee vote scheduled for Wednesday after renewed political pressure and ...

This article was originally published by Wisconsin Watch. Last month deep red Oklahoma became the 17th state to ban child marriage — the practice of allowing minors, typically 16- and 17-year-olds, to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A bill in the Ohio Senate requiring anyone to be at least 18 years old before getting married has run into unexpected resistance. Current Ohio law allows 17 year olds to get ...

Neda was just 12 years old and a schoolgirl in Kabul when her parents married her off to a distant relative, a man she had never met. Her family was poor; his was better off. Neda believes money and ...

Thirty-six Republican House legislators in Oklahoma recently voted against S.B. 504, a ban on child marriage, with some citing the Bible or “family values” as their justifications. The measure passed ...

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband. By Elian Peltier Reporting ...

"All I know is some people in the Republican caucus think it's OK to have child marriage," said state Sen. Bill DeMora, D-Columbus, who is co-sponsoring the bill with Sen. Bill Blessing, R-Colerain ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Dozens of Oklahoma lawmakers fought to enact a child marriage ban before it was put into law on Wednesday. “This bill has absolutely nothing to do with pedophilia,” said Rep.

A bill banning child marriage in Oklahoma became law on May 13 without Governor Kevin Stitt’s signature. Senate Bill 504, which takes effect November 1, sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 18 ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...