Tahirih submitted this letter to the California Assembly Judiciary Committee withdrawing our earlier support and registering our opposition to SB 273 in its current form.

Tahirih submitted this letter of support to the California Senate Appropriations Committee on SB 273, a bill that serves as a first step to addressing child marriage in the state.

Tahirih submitted this letter to the Connecticut State Senate on HB 5442, a bill that, as amended, would limit but not end child marriage in Connecticut.

This backgrounder provides statistics on Maryland’s child marriage problem and urges legislators to support HB 799 / SB 861.

Tahirih submitted written testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly in support of HB 5442, a bill to end child marriage in Connecticut.

Forced and child marriage in Texas is a serious problem with a simple, first-step solution — ensuring that only legal adults empowered to advocate for themselves can enter the legal contract and potentially lifelong commitment that marriage entails. Read our backgrounder to learn more about the child marriage problem in Texas, how the current laws fail to prioritize child protection, and Tahirih’s recommendations to address the problem.

This chart, which was developed by the Tahirih Justice Center with pro bono assistance from Hogan Lovells US LLP, serves as a resource for understanding the state legal regimes that permit child marriages to happen in the United States.