Conservatives Are Coming After This Type Of Divorce — Here's Why

Peter Dazeley via Getty Images A growing list of conservatives have spoken out against no-fault divorce. House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a 2016 sermon that no-fault divorce laws were among the cultural shifts that gave rise to “a completely amoral society” in which young people feel compelled to “go into their schoolhouse and open fire on their classmates.” Sen. Tom Cotton decried the rise of no-fault divorce laws in a 1997 editorial he wrote for the Harvard Crimson while he was a student at Harvard University. “By enabling abused women to exit marriages without the burden of detailing their abuse in court, no-fault divorce laws offer a vital avenue for escape and safety,” Sodoma said. “Rescinding unilateral no-fault divorce laws would be a terrible mistake, and it is alarming to even hear the rumblings of a platform seeking to rescind no-fault divorce laws,” Chinitz said. “Repealing no-fault divorce laws does not restore fundamental fairness in our family court and could have a devastating impact on the lives of so many forced to stay in unhappy relationships.” Along with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Chinitz said she believes the movement against no-fault divorce laws is another example of a dangerous trend in which politicians roll back freedoms and legal protections previously afforded to women.