child marriage

Delaware Gov. John Carney’s signed into law today (May 9) a bill limiting marriage in the state to those 18 or older, the latest measure in a nationwide effort to rein in …

An 11-year-old rape victim in Florida, a 14-year-old ninth-grader in Texas, a sexually abused 16-year-old in Kentucky. They are among thousands of girls forced to marry adult men in the past 50 …