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1 week agoMissouri Decides Pregnant Women Should Be Allowed to Leave Bad Marriages
Missouri law now allows pregnant women to obtain divorces, removing previous restrictions that hindered their legal options.
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3 months agoThe Heritage Foundation Is Taking Aim At No-Fault Divorce Next
Currently, all 50 states and Washington, D.C., offer no-fault divorce, which means that either party can end a marriage without having to provide a reason or prove any wrongdoing, like abuse or adultery. American marriages used to require a fault of some kind to dissolve, but some couples would agree upon a fictitious fault in order to divorce one another, or they would travel to a more lenient region of the country - these were known as divorce havens.
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