14+ hour, 52+ min ago   (954+ words) Courtney Stodden‘s teenage marriage became a tabloid spectacle, but its legacy is something much bigger. At 16, she married actor Doug Hutchison, who was 51, after her parents legally approved the union. Her latest move centers on California legislation that would…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1349+ words) Cerina Fairfax, a Virginia dentist and mother of two, spent nearly two years living in the same house as her husband while she was trying to divorce him. Virginia state law required couples with children, like the Fairfaxes, to wait…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (351+ words) | World News Hindustan Times UNLIKE SOME of her friends, Kalinda Duan, a 28-year-old woman from Shanxi province, is not opposed to marriage Having grown up without siblings, she thinks the companionship of matrimony wonderful But she has one firm requirement…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (475+ words) This story was originally reported by Mariel Padilla of The 19th. Meet Mariel and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. California is set to end child marriage – years after more than a third of the nation had…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (972+ words) On August 10th, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law which will make it legal to perform an abortion at any point during pregnancy in the state of Massachusetts… Massachusetts eliminated its cutoff for when someone can get an abortion, making…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (603+ words) Hong Kong’s debate over same-sex relationships is often framed as a question of constitutional law, social values, or individual rights. But it is also a question of public health. A year after the Legislative Council rejected the Registration of Same-sex…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (263+ words) San Diego Union-Tribune I cannot sit silently while the state of California considers another ridiculous piece of legislation. The state may forbid marriage to anyone under 18. Have these legislators no experience with beautiful, loving marriages made between 17-year-olds? Many students…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1264+ words) Advocates and child marriage survivors in Boston gather to call for an end to child marriage. Currently more than two dozen U.S. states allow for marriage under the age of 18 under certain circumstances. A new bill up for debate in Congress…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) Republicans have not voted against banning child marriage in Wisconsin. That includes Republican governor nominee Tom Tiffany, who was tied to the issue in a viral post. That’s because the bill has never been brought to a vote — a decision…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (148+ words) When juvenile courts were first created more than 100 years ago, they were imagined as a therapeutic space where specially-trained public servants and a friendly, caring judge would help children and families. Today, our guest illustrates how that vision never came…...