Former child bride Courtney Stodden celebrated the vote as “incredible news” on Instagram after Assembly Bill 1267 cleared ...

Child marriage is still legal in California. Former child brides like Courtney Stodden push for change with AB 1267, which ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California could finally slam the door on child marriage as lawmakers weigh a bill that would outlaw the controversial practice ...

A new California bill to ban child marriage is headed to a vote on the Senate Floor, following increased calls from former child brides and withdrawn opposition. Currently, California is one of 33 ...

On July 1, law enforcement in Vinton County, Ohio, made a horrifying discovery. Four adults were keeping 16 children confined to a single 12-by-12-foot room in a filthy house. The oldest child, an ...

This social experiment tests how people react to a staged child marriage scenario in public. A man and a young girl pose as a wedding couple in Times Square, quickly drawing concern from strangers ...

A recent child abuse case in Vinton County, Ohio, involved 16 children found in horrific conditions. Bridget Crawford argues that blaming the county's poverty and isolation is an oversimplification of ...

Here's more (emphasis added): Runa was 15 when she married a man she had never met. Cyclone Remal had ripped through her camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar region, killing her family's chickens and ...

It used to be that wedding dresses were a one-and-done piece of occasionwear. So special that the very idea of wearing them again was sacrilegious. Yet as we have become more conscious of the ...

"I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story" premieres at 8 p.m. on Sept. 27 on Lifetime. It will be available to stream the following day. This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Sept.