Despite progress, a practice that America condemns elsewhere as a human rights abuse remains legal under some circumstances ...

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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...

Child marriages are legal in every US state because of a hodgepodge of exceptions that let minors get married with parental consent or judicial approval. A majority of these marriages are coerced and ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A bill that would ban child marriage has made its way through the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate, where it has less than two weeks left to be voted on. HB 168 closes ...

Texas lawmakers are debating a bill that would close a loophole that allows certain teenagers to marry before they are 18. Credit: Kaylee Greenlee for The Texas Tribune LUFKIN — Child marriages in ...