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NEW YORK, May 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The governor of New Jersey declined to sign a measure into law on Thursday that would have made the U.S. state the first to ban child marriage ...
In March 2018, Kentucky amended its marriage laws. After several failed attempts at restricting child marriage, a redrafted bill was introduced, passed all stages of the Kentucky Legislature, and was signed by the Governor of Kentucky on March 29, 2018. The new law sets a minimum age of 17, with judicial approval.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill into law raising the age of marriage consent to 18 in New York. Called “Naila’s Law,” it went into effect Saturday. ... child marriage in New Jersey ...
13 states have a minimum age of 18, which is the same as their general age: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Recently, several states have revisited the legality of child marriage.
In 2018, the first two U.S. states – Delaware and New Jersey – signed laws ending all marriage before 18. [13] [14] Also in 2018, American Samoa, a U.S. territory, ended child marriage. [15] Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and the U.S. Virgin Islands followed in 2020, then Rhode Island and New York in 2021, and Massachusetts in 2022.
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Marie Stopes Bangladesh is an international NGO that provides family planning services in Bangladesh. [5] In 1975, the population of Bangladesh was 76.3 million, and by 2020 the population had reached 164.7 million. [6] [7] Bangladesh has a fertility rate of 2.01, which, according to United Nations Population Fund, makes it a "low fertility ...
CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Senate Bill 359, sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, would raise the minimum age ...