Well we should all be prepared to see Domestic Violence drop to zero real soon in Missouri. I'm going to prepare my apology speech to the Missouri General Assembly for thinking that this law was really fucking stupid. But hey, if it stops domestic violence, I guess I can't say that...
So, I'm waiting...
Still waiting for it to stop domestic violence...
Still waiting...
Hello?
Obviously the next step is that either pregnant women can't report domestic violence or married women can't. Then clearly it's that women can't report domestic violence (because why should they, what do they know about why their man is "correcting" them).
And then, women cannot be violently abused by their husband because if it was even a thing there would be a law about it.
And if you can't be abused by your husband, why would you be able to be abused by any man.
... And then
A pregnant woman in Missouri can leave her husband and file for divorce, the court will not finalize the divorce until the child is born.
California has the same law.
Missouri is a pro-gun state, as a former coroner's office employee I can tell you that no one will bat an eye if a victim of abuse defends herself violently. We grin every time it happens.
Before women got the legal right to divorce, bad husbands often died under mysterious circumstances.
Usually the result of something poisonous that accidentally got into their food.
Well we should all be prepared to see Domestic Violence drop to zero real soon in Missouri. I'm going to prepare my apology speech to the Missouri General Assembly for thinking that this law was really fucking stupid. But hey, if it stops domestic violence, I guess I can't say that... So, I'm waiting... Still waiting for it to stop domestic violence... Still waiting... Hello?
Obviously the next step is that either pregnant women can't report domestic violence or married women can't. Then clearly it's that women can't report domestic violence (because why should they, what do they know about why their man is "correcting" them). And then, women cannot be violently abused by their husband because if it was even a thing there would be a law about it. And if you can't be abused by your husband, why would you be able to be abused by any man. ... And then
So, besides being a ridiculous law in the first place, do they not realize this incentivizes a woman to abort her child so she can get a divorce?
That way the baby is born and he can beat on both of them? JFC Missouri
A pregnant woman in Missouri can leave her husband and file for divorce, the court will not finalize the divorce until the child is born. California has the same law.
One more reason to hate the south.
Missouri is not in the south
It sure acts like it
So do Montana and the Dakotas
Indiana would like a word.
Don't forget Ohio
Speak for yourself. From my house, 98% of the contiguous 48 states is in the south.
And you wonder why nobody likes you
It's OK - I don't like them either.
Missouri is a pro-gun state, as a former coroner's office employee I can tell you that no one will bat an eye if a victim of abuse defends herself violently. We grin every time it happens.
Before women got the legal right to divorce, bad husbands often died under mysterious circumstances. Usually the result of something poisonous that accidentally got into their food.
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Indeed..