Joy Reid Criticizes Missouri's Abortion and Divorce Laws
MSNBC host calls the state a 'slave state' for women, highlighting restrictive policies on abortion and divorce.
- Joy Reid and Claire McCaskill discuss Missouri's strict abortion laws, which include no exceptions for rape or incest.
- Reid argues that Missouri's legislation effectively makes women the property of their husbands and the state.
- McCaskill points out that current laws can trap pregnant women in abusive marriages by complicating divorce proceedings.
- Missouri's law requires pregnancy status to be disclosed in divorce petitions, and activists claim judges may deny divorces to pregnant women.
- A bill to prevent pregnancy status from blocking divorces has stalled in the Missouri legislature.