What is no-fault divorce, and why do some conservatives want to get rid of it? | CNN
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Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.

Though no-fault divorce was first legalized more than 50 years ago, it has long been sneered at in conservative circles, who see it as a danger to the sanctity of marriage and the concept of the American family.

  • fltaOP
    13•1 year ago

    Right-wing commentators like Steven Crowder and Matt Walsh have ramped up complaints in recent months that it is too easy for people — specifically women — to get divorces. All states currently have some version of a no-fault divorce law, but Republicans in Texas and Nebraska list the dissolution or restriction of no-fault divorce in their state party political platforms.

    In Louisiana earlier this year, state GOP members debated officially backing the dissolution of no-fault divorce, but no decision was made.

    So we have the Democratic Party protecting and even expanding women’s rights in the states they control while the GOP has already dismantled reproductive rights and are now angling to repeal no-fault divorce.

    Yet millions of people will say “Both sides” as they either not vote, vote Republican, or vote 3rd party while agreeing that no-fault divorce should be allowed…

    • @captainlezbian
      7•1 year ago

      I think it’s important to express no fault divorce not as a women’s rights issue but as an everyone’s rights issue. Yes, we will be the primary beneficiaries of it, probably by quite a bit. But every man who can’t prove his spouse is abusing him needs no fault divorce too. Every person who feels trapped in a marriage needs no fault divorce.

      And this gets to the crux of the matter. Republicans are actively fighting so you don’t get to decide whether or not you’re married unless it conforms to their personal beliefs. They’re seeking to remove your bodily autonomy. Choices are good, freedom is good, even when you choose to live the way they want to force you to.