Twenty years ago, Cecelie Williams tried to finalize her divorce while pregnant. She had enough of the physical abuse she had been suffering at the hands of her then-husband. There was one problem. Pregnant women are not allowed to finalize their divorce in Missouri....
In Missouri, women are allowed to finalize their divorce…unless they are pregnant. A state lawmaker who knows first-hand what this obstacle is like wants to change this. Rep. Cecelie Williams, R-Dittmer, shared her story publicly during a legislative hearing about her...
