The vision of a child bride is a deeply foreign concept to most Americans. Underage marriage is regarded by most as an abroad problem, or the type of detestable horror committed by isolated malcontent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Majority Caucus Chair Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, presents a bill in the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 7, 2019.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Republican Sen. John Carley’s comments on the Senate floor have been clarified. KELOLAND News has asked for Carley to further clarify ...

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The Texas House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships took testimony on House Bill 168 on April 7, 2025. A bill to ban child marriage in Texas has passed the state’s House of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new bipartisan bill in the Ohio Senate would prohibit marriage for anyone under the age of 18, with no exceptions. The last time the age limit was set was 2019, and that law ...

About one out of every five marriages in Kyrgyzstan involve “bride kidnapping,” according to preliminary findings of a European Union study on gender equality in the Central Asian nation. The high ...

Nearly 10,000 Kentucky children got married from 2000 to 2015, before a new law dramatically curtailed the practice. In 2018, state Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville, and advocate Donna Simmons ...