• @Lurkinney
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      623 days ago

      Already illegal in Missouri for pregnant women to divorce their spouse

      • @wafflez
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        443 days ago

        Actually? That’s so disgusting

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox
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        3 days ago

        Not really, but it’s more about child custody and child support if already married.

        https://www.factcheck.org/2024/03/posts-distort-missouri-divorce-law-regarding-pregnancy/

        Nowhere in Missouri law does it say pregnant women are barred from getting divorced.

        But a judge handling a case where one party is pregnant may wait to finalize that divorce until the baby is born, which, experts told us, is done in order to consolidate custody and child-support agreements with other end-of-marriage arrangements.

        This can happen in other states, too.

        • @PriorityMotif
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          253 days ago

          Still dangerous because the husband is empowered to make medical decisions in certain cases