[Opinion] Texas politicians, non-profit director discuss bill banning child marriage

Pakistan parliament passes bill to curb child marriages

Pakistan’s parliament has passed a significant bill aiming to curb, discourage and eventually eradicate child marriages in the federal capital by raising the legal age of marriage for both sexes to 18. #Pakistan #persecution #childmarriage

Texas politicians, non-profit director discuss bill banning child marriage

A bill that would ban child marriage has made its way through the Texas House and is on its way to the Senate, where it has less than two weeks left to be voted on. State Rep. Daniel Alders (R-Tyler) of Tyler voted against the bill, saying he wanted to see at least a five-year age gap included in the legislation.

In regular session, opinions and agreements on municipal affairs and governorship were adopted From Puebla The plenary of the Congress of the State endorsed the opinion to repeal a fraction of the Municipal Organic Law, with the aim of eliminating the power of municipal presidents to provide consent to minors to marry. In taking the floor, Congresswoman Celia Bonaga Ruíz pointed out the importance of taking measures to prevent minors from interr…