State Representative Cassandra Levesque condemns bill which would allow 17-year-olds to marry if one of the couple is in the military.

The New Hampshire House has voted to amend the state's child marriage laws to allow 17-year-olds in the military to marry. Thursday's vote to alter current state laws comes less than three months ...

Last year, the New Hampshire Legislature passed a landmark bill, amending the law to prohibit child marriage under the age of ...

and made New Hampshire the 13th state in the nation to ban child marriage. On Thursday, the House approved an exception to the new law, passing a bill that makes 17 the age of consent for ...

New Hampshire could become the latest ... The US has "vocally opposed child and forced marriage in other countries" but with no federal US law setting a minimum marriage age, the "patchwork ...

Languages: English. Email: [email protected]. The New Hampshire House has voted to amend the state's child marriage laws to allow 17-year-olds in the military to marry. Thursday's vote to ...