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Nov 29, 2025
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Do conservatives want the age of consent lowered in the US?

There is no evidence in available reporting that conservatives as a unified movement are trying to lower the U.S. age of consent for sex; recent reporting and fact-checks show rumors of federal moves ...

Oct 24, 2025
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Which states have the highest rates of child marriage in 2025?

Thirty-four U.S. states still allow marriage under age 18, and four states—California, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Oklahoma—have been reported as having when parental or judicial approval is availabl...

Dec 3, 2025
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How many minors marry each year in the US and what are the trends since 2010?

Recent research estimates that roughly 300,000 minors were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, with one peer‑reviewed analysis putting the total “nearly 300,000” for 2000–2018 ...

Nov 17, 2025

Which US states allow 16-year-olds to marry with parental consent in 2025?

As of mid‑2025, the legal landscape is mixed: most states allow 16‑year‑olds to marry with some combination of parental and/or judicial permission, but a growing minority of states have banned all und...

Dec 20, 2025

What age limits and exceptions (pregnancy, emancipation) apply to underage marriage in California 2025?

California’s baseline legal marrying age is 18, but state law allows persons under 18 to marry if they obtain parental consent and a court order—meaning there is effectively no statutory minimum age w...

Oct 29, 2025

Has Trump proposed any legislation to change the minimum marriage age?

Donald Trump has not been documented proposing any federal legislation to change the minimum marriage age; reporting indicates the issue has seen and most recent advocacy and legislative attention has...

Nov 7, 2025

Have any Republican or Democratic lawmakers introduced bills to change the minimum marriage age since 2020?

Since 2020, both Democratic and Republican lawmakers at state and federal levels have introduced legislation that would change the minimum marriage age — most commonly proposals to raise the floor to ...

Nov 1, 2025

Are there exceptions allowing minors to marry in California in 2025?

California law changed in 2024–2025: minors who are not emancipated generally cannot marry or enter into a domestic partnership, but , so limited exceptions continue to exist. Advocacy groups and inve...

Dec 10, 2025

What are the demographic patterns (age, gender, race) of minors who marry in the US since 2010?

Between 2010 and the mid‑2010s, most U.S. minors who married were 16–17 years old, overwhelmingly female, and disproportionately in certain states and communities; studies using American Community Sur...

Nov 14, 2025

Which US states completely ban marriage under 18 as of 2024 or 2025?

As of 2024 the number of U.S. states that had enacted “bright‑line” bans making 18 the minimum marriage age with no exceptions rose to at least 13, with Washington, Virginia and New Hampshire joining ...

Nov 16, 2025

What major state laws banning child marriage were passed between 2020 and 2024 and who sponsored them?

Between 2020 and 2024, multiple U.S. states tightened marriage-age laws: notable changes in 2020 included laws in Pennsylvania and Minnesota; states that enacted full bans (no exceptions) or raised mi...

Nov 3, 2025

Can minors get married with parental consent in all US states in 2025?

Minors cannot get married with parental consent in all U.S. states in 2025; a growing minority of states have set 18 as an absolute minimum while most states still permit some form of under‑18 marriag...

Oct 6, 2025

Which states have raised their minimum marriage age in recent years?

Several states have moved in recent years to raise their without exceptions, while others have proposed or partially reformed laws that still permit minors to marry under certain conditions. Key confi...