• @Lurkinney
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    622 days ago

    Already illegal in Missouri for pregnant women to divorce their spouse

    • @wafflez
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      442 days ago

      Actually? That’s so disgusting

    • BlanketsWithSmallpox
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      2 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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        252 days ago

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