> Ajax and Cassandra by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, 1806 via **[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra)**

Why does our culture endorse this approach? Makes me want to read _[Cassandra Speaks](https://mguhlin.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/mynotes-cassandra-speaks.html)_ again.

> Missouri law requires women seeking divorce to disclose whether they’re pregnant — and state judges won’t finalize divorces during a pregnancy. . . .
> Texas and Arkansas have similar laws. It’s impossible to know how often women are unable to leave marriages due to pregnancy.
> Some people may not even try to file for divorce because of the law…
> …lawyers might simply tell them to come back when they’re not pregnant.
>
> **[Read more](https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1247838036/divorce-pregnant-women-missouri-abortion-marriage-abuse)**