# The end of Roe causes a huge problem in MO: An unrepealed law from 1973 making it impossible for pregnant women to finalize their divorce

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**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-roe-causes-a-huge-problem-in-mo-an-unrepealed-law-from-1973-making-it-impossible-for-pregnant-women-to-finalize-their-divorce/968295 "2022-07-21T01:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-roe-causes-a-huge-problem-in-mo-an-unrepealed-law-from-1973-making-it-impossible-for-pregnant-women-to-finalize-their-divorce/968295/1 "2022-07-21T01:23:34Z")

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Well, _this_ is going to be a shitshow.

[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/roe-s-demise-triggers-missouri-law-forbidding-pregnant-women-from-finalizing-a-divorce/ar-AAZNkwU?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4e946282041d4727a378ca0816eb76a7](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/roe-s-demise-triggers-missouri-law-forbidding-pregnant-women-from-finalizing-a-divorce/ar-AAZNkwU?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4e946282041d4727a378ca0816eb76a7)

So we’re going to have women having to be in abusive relationships even longer.

Is America Great Again yet?

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-roe-causes-a-huge-problem-in-mo-an-unrepealed-law-from-1973-making-it-impossible-for-pregnant-women-to-finalize-their-divorce/968295/2 "2022-07-21T02:02:57Z")

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To the powers that be in MO, that’s a feature, not a bug.

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**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-roe-causes-a-huge-problem-in-mo-an-unrepealed-law-from-1973-making-it-impossible-for-pregnant-women-to-finalize-their-divorce/968295/3 "2022-07-21T02:07:57Z")

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I imagine the American Taliban will just come up with a law that makes divorce illegal unless the man wants it.

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**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-roe-causes-a-huge-problem-in-mo-an-unrepealed-law-from-1973-making-it-impossible-for-pregnant-women-to-finalize-their-divorce/968295/4 "2022-07-23T09:19:47Z")

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Don’t think it’s only in that state, unless it’s changed recently. But the women I know who were affected in other states (a little OT here) choose to give birth and were required to have the (non-father) husband on the birth certificate. In some cases, he wasn’t even aware there was a child. I know a woman now who left her husband a few times, most recently 2-3 years ago but he won’t cooperate in a divorce. So, not good for anyone all around, and these kind of laws are antiquated and just suck.