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Brewer lawmaker revives effort to ban child marriages in Maine

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation February 18, 2023

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A Brewer lawmaker is trying again to end child marriages in Maine. State law allows 16- and 17-year-olds to wed with parental consent, similar to state laws in about half of the country. But a bill proposed by Rep. Kevin O’Connell, a Democrat, would prohibit anyone under 18 from getting married, whether parents approve or not. The bill is part of a broader effort to eliminate child marriage in the United States, and elsewhere, to prevent the... + full article



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