Up next in Conservative majority states, “Women can’t get divorced without the husband’s permission”. Tic,tic, tic the clock moves farther and farther back!
This, unfortunately, isn’t new. Maybe for Missouri, but as far as I am aware – this is a common enough law in the south. Or was, at least. The sick thing is – pregnant women are among the women most likely to be murdered (correct me if I’m wrong) and its usually by their significant others. As per usual, laws like these save no one…And certainly not families.
My own mother couldn’t divorce her abuser because she was pregnant at the time. This was in 2004. Not Missouri though. But the fact this outdated bullshit is still around in at least two states is fucked regardless.
>When it comes to domestic violence, there’s no exceptions.
That’s despicable.
Had a buddy go through this in Kentucky a few years ago. He wanted out but couldn’t get it finalized until his daughter was born.
What if the man wants the divorce?
Yikes…
Republicans are getting quite blunt with their thoughts on women as of late..
It looks like there are a handful of states that won’t finalize a divorce while there is a pregnancy and several other states where it is the judge’s discretion to allow it. If it is allowed, there will likely be additional required court appearances after the birth to deal with parenting and custody issues.
After another round of maga “leadership,” expect Missouri law to say women aren’t allowed to get divorced – not for any reason. That’s the christo-fascist ideal of the boomers and their gen X progeny. And as we all well know, that’s just the iceberg tip of the nightmare.
Next it will be if a man rapes you, you must marry the rapist. The GOP hates women.
Is this constitutional? Feel like this goes against the 14th amendment.
Damn it feels like we’re living in The Handmaid’s Tale these days…
There are several states where this is law, unfortunately.
I’m about to pop with our next child, and was recently filling out the birth certificate paperwork so it’s ready to go. In my state, if you’re divorced but the divorce was less than 300 days before the birth, your ex husband is legally presumed to be the father of your child. Regardless of who actually is the father. There are several paragraphs within the form explaining this.
My husband and I are happily married, and he is definitely the father of this child. But reading that distinction felt rather invasive, and much like an overreach of our state government.
The US is looking more and more like Handmaid’s Tale
The law probably isn’t as deep as y’all are making it out to be. They can obviously still separate.
They can’t finalize the divorce because it is impossible to fashion a parenting plan for an unborn child. They can absolutely file for divorce and separate from their spouse.
This is ridiculous. You don’t own anyone, pregnant or not!
Barbaric is the only word to describe these idiotic and dangerous “laws”
Missouri: embarrassing the country since 1824
Lol Missouri is a sht hole
How are these laws constitutional that they already have existed and aren’t overturned?
Missourians were just fed up with having rights and republicans didn’t hesitate to remove them.
Anyone know what the voter participation rate in Missouri was in 2022?
I dunno, seems like in the black and white eyes of the law a pregnant woman might not be entitled to the same child support as a woman with a kid.
Under his eye!
Stop voting Republican
This is horrible! I’m sure many people would rather not get married than deal with this bullshit. This is why we need more women in politics, because leaving power in the hands of men set up for very destructive and one-sided backlash.
Man? The absolute batshit crazy right can’t wait to see if Trump even wins the election to go all Gillead on us all.
Wtf. Sounds like you guys live in the middle ages.
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Up next in Conservative majority states, “Women can’t get divorced without the husband’s permission”. Tic,tic, tic the clock moves farther and farther back!
This, unfortunately, isn’t new. Maybe for Missouri, but as far as I am aware – this is a common enough law in the south. Or was, at least. The sick thing is – pregnant women are among the women most likely to be murdered (correct me if I’m wrong) and its usually by their significant others. As per usual, laws like these save no one…And certainly not families.
My own mother couldn’t divorce her abuser because she was pregnant at the time. This was in 2004. Not Missouri though. But the fact this outdated bullshit is still around in at least two states is fucked regardless.
July 13, 2022 [Pregnant Women Can’t Get Divorced in Missouri](https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/pregnant-women-cant-get-divorced-in-missouri-38092512)
>When it comes to domestic violence, there’s no exceptions.
That’s despicable.
Had a buddy go through this in Kentucky a few years ago. He wanted out but couldn’t get it finalized until his daughter was born.
What if the man wants the divorce?
Yikes…
Republicans are getting quite blunt with their thoughts on women as of late..
It looks like there are a handful of states that won’t finalize a divorce while there is a pregnancy and several other states where it is the judge’s discretion to allow it. If it is allowed, there will likely be additional required court appearances after the birth to deal with parenting and custody issues.
After another round of maga “leadership,” expect Missouri law to say women aren’t allowed to get divorced – not for any reason. That’s the christo-fascist ideal of the boomers and their gen X progeny. And as we all well know, that’s just the iceberg tip of the nightmare.
Next it will be if a man rapes you, you must marry the rapist. The GOP hates women.
Is this constitutional? Feel like this goes against the 14th amendment.
[Missouri still has hundreds of rape kits in backlog, and doesn’t grant victims the right to know the status of their kits](https://www.endthebacklog.org/state/missouri/).
[Survivors experience an extreme sense of betrayal and loss of faith in the criminal justice system when their kits are not tested](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35726210/). Institutional betrayal [takes a toll on victims](https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=a981a3f11c33f43cdf6b75485064fa3293c7d008).
I’m sensing a pattern here.
https://www.endthebacklog.org/state/missouri/
Fuck Missouri.
Damn it feels like we’re living in The Handmaid’s Tale these days…
There are several states where this is law, unfortunately.
I’m about to pop with our next child, and was recently filling out the birth certificate paperwork so it’s ready to go. In my state, if you’re divorced but the divorce was less than 300 days before the birth, your ex husband is legally presumed to be the father of your child. Regardless of who actually is the father. There are several paragraphs within the form explaining this.
My husband and I are happily married, and he is definitely the father of this child. But reading that distinction felt rather invasive, and much like an overreach of our state government.
The US is looking more and more like Handmaid’s Tale
The law probably isn’t as deep as y’all are making it out to be. They can obviously still separate.
They can’t finalize the divorce because it is impossible to fashion a parenting plan for an unborn child. They can absolutely file for divorce and separate from their spouse.
This is ridiculous. You don’t own anyone, pregnant or not!
Barbaric is the only word to describe these idiotic and dangerous “laws”
Missouri: embarrassing the country since 1824
Lol Missouri is a sht hole
How are these laws constitutional that they already have existed and aren’t overturned?
Missourians were just fed up with having rights and republicans didn’t hesitate to remove them.
Anyone know what the voter participation rate in Missouri was in 2022?
I dunno, seems like in the black and white eyes of the law a pregnant woman might not be entitled to the same child support as a woman with a kid.
Under his eye!
Stop voting Republican
This is horrible! I’m sure many people would rather not get married than deal with this bullshit. This is why we need more women in politics, because leaving power in the hands of men set up for very destructive and one-sided backlash.
Man? The absolute batshit crazy right can’t wait to see if Trump even wins the election to go all Gillead on us all.
Wtf. Sounds like you guys live in the middle ages.
Abe Simpson said it best.
I know I put this in every time, but
[Crystal Quade for Governor ](http://CrystalQuade.com)
Welcome to Gilead. Vote.
I’m sorry but fucking what?
Lol and they’ll keep voting republican