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Dozens of Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma voted against legislation banning child marriage this week, nearly derailing a bill that ultimately made the state the 17th in the nation to prohibit marriage under the age of 18 without exceptions. Senate Bill 504 became law Tuesday without the signature of Gov. Kevin …

Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance Michigan is the 10th state to ban what advocates for ending child marriage call “a human rights abuse” after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Tuesday to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 years old. The ban is “long overdue,” Whitmer said in a …

New York is now the sixth state to ban child marriage. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Thursday to change the legal age of consent to be married in New York to 18. “This administration fought hard to successfully end child marriage in New York and I’m proud to …