AHA Foundation news on legislative protections for women’s rights
September 18, 2017
Federal prosecutors indicted two women accused of taking their seven year old daughters to a Michigan clinic for […]
September 18, 2017
Today, federal prosecutors charged two Minnesota mothers with Female Genital Mutilation and Conspiracy to Commit Female Genital Mutilation […]
September 14, 2017
Although census data shows child marriages in the United States are rare, a report by the Tahirih Justice […]
September 12, 2017
Political leaders on both sides of the aisle are interested in changing Ohio’s marriage laws after reading a […]
September 11, 2017
Ohio’s marriage laws allowing underage teens to marry are too liberal and create potential for exploiting young girls, […]
September 10, 2017
When 17-year-old Cassandra Levesque approached the New Hampshire State House on March 9, she didn’t come to make […]
September 9, 2017
Leaders in a dozen states across the nation are examining a question that seems more suited to a […]
September 9, 2017
It seems unthinkable that children are still getting married in 21st-century America. Yet, it’s happening in every corner of the […]
September 1, 2017
The Texas Senate has unanimously approved harsher penalties for female genital mutilation in the country’s second-largest state. The […]
August 31, 2017
Child marriage isn’t just a practice that victimizes girls in poor countries. As this blog has previously reported, it’s […]
August 31, 2017
Loopholes in state laws are allowing child marriage to flourish in the U.S., despite research showing that the […]
August 31, 2017
Maryland’s marriage laws have several “loopholes” which can make forced or coerced child marriage more likely, according to […]
August 21, 2017
State Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, has a history of protecting children through state legislation, passing bills requiring […]
August 21, 2017
El Salvador and Guatemala have joined a trend in clamping down on child marriage by passing legislation that […]
August 17, 2017
Lebanon on Wednesday joined other Arab nations in abolishing a law that lets rapists escape punishment if they […]