Using data from the United Nations, Age of Consent and Girls Not Brides, Newsweek has compiled a map that looks at the different marriage and consent laws across the world.. In many countries, the ...

It raised its minimum marriage age from 16 to 17 in 2023. Four states—California, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oklahoma—still have no age restrictions on child marriage.

The typical age of marriage among Americans began trending upward as far back as World War II. When war broke out in 1939, and men went to serve in the military overseas, many delayed marriage ...

Some advocates want California to prohibit marriage for people under age 18. But groups including the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have opposed such bans, saying they could undermine minors' rights ...

OLYMPIA — A bill to require a minimum marriage age of 18 has stalled in the Legislature after several ... showed her students different types of maps, including a map of child marriage laws. ...