By — John Yang John Yang By — Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin By — Andrew Chambers Andrew Chambers Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/some-conservative-lawmakers-want-to-end-no-fault-divorce-heres-why Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Right now, couples in all 50 states who want to end their marriage can get what’s called a no-fault divorce, where neither side has to prove that the other did something wrong. But some Republican lawmakers in a handful of red states want to get rid of it, saying it’s unfair to men and makes divorce “too easy.” Law professor Joanna Grossman joins John Yang to discuss. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Jul 20, 2024 By — John Yang John Yang John Yang is the anchor of PBS News Weekend and a correspondent for the PBS News Hour. He covered the first year of the Trump administration and is currently reporting on major national issues from Washington, DC, and across the country. @johnyangtv By — Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin is an Emmy and Peabody award winning producer at the PBS NewsHour. In her two decades at the NewsHour, Baldwin has crisscrossed the US reporting on issues ranging from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan to tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Northwest to the politics of poverty on the campaign trail in North Carolina. Farther afield, Baldwin reported on the problem of sea turtle nest poaching in Costa Rica, the distinctive architecture of Rotterdam, the Netherlands and world renowned landscape artist, Piet Oudolf. @lornabaldwin By — Andrew Chambers Andrew Chambers Andrew Chambers is an associate producer at PBS News Weekend.