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Missouri Senate gives initial approval to complete ban on child marriage
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA bipartisan bill to ban child marriage in Missouri won initial approval in the state Senate...
‘Shameful.’ Missouri lawmakers fail to ban all child marriages after resistance
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMissouri lawmakers this year failed to pass legislation that would have raised the state’s minimum...
Missouri bills propose minimum marriage age of 18
KTVI via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two bills making rounds in the Missouri Senate call for the state to increase its minimum legal marriage age to 18 years old....
Missouri bill to ban all child marriages runs into resistance from House Republicans
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago“Any explanation used to justify opposition is nothing more than, you know, an excuse to protect...
Missouri GOP lawmaker was married at 15. She now wants to ban all child marriages
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“It takes women across the aisle to fight for this,” said Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder. “I think a lot...
You can get married in Missouri as young as 16 — for now. It used to be even younger
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwo Missouri senators teamed up to sponsor legislation that would effectively ban all child...
Why Are Some Republican Lawmakers Hellbent on Preserving Child Marriage?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHolly Thompson Rehder was a sophomore when she dropped out of high school and married her...
Teens can’t make lifelong commitments. Missouri must ban marriage under age 18 | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoState Sens. Holly Thompson Rehder and Lauren Arthur teamed up on bipartisan legislation outlawing...
Missouri Senate votes — almost unanimously — to ban teens under 18 from getting married
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“As a child that was married, I can unequivocally say that it’s a terrible idea and you’re not old...
Don’t wait to get your Real ID in KS or MO. Follow these steps before the new deadline
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoMissouri and Kansas residents have a bit more time to get a Real-ID before the federal deadline, but...