Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Why is This Christian In Favor of No-Fault Divorce Laws?
Although Christians have always been told it is a moral ill that damages social stability, researchers found it actually saves lives by decreasing homicide, suicide, and domestic violence.
Researchers at Harvard studied the effects of unilateral No-Fault divorce laws in the U.S. and found that it saved women's lives.
And no-fault divorce didn't increase the divorce rate long term.
The divorce-rate-per-married-woman is lower than it was back in 1970. So even though even though cohabitation is common now, people who choose to marry on average have more stable and healthy marriages than before no-fault-divorce.
Read more here: lifesavingdivorce.com/divorcesaveslives
#lifesavingdivorce #BiblicalMarriage #marriagematters #divorcerecovery #FamilyCourt #FamilyLaw #divorcecoach
Real life horror stories of life before no-fault divorce:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2KU5NPYkpSmZzjeXiG6rAHZHTf_L2ZU&si=7txutlCoX2RTSdD7
Blog posts on similar topics:
The pros and cons of no-fault divorce laws, from a Christian perspective: lifesavingdivorce.com/prosandcons
Side by side comparison of No-Fault and At-Fault divorce laws:
lifesavingdivorce.com/nofaultcomparison
ABOUT
Gretchen Baskerville is a Christian divorce recovery leader and author. She began leading support groups for single mothers in conservative churches in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and now focuses primarily on reaching people online.
For more than 25 years, Gretchen has helped women and men of faith find strength, courage, and healing through the challenges of life-saving divorce. She listens with empathy to those recovering from domestic violence, betrayal, infidelity, addiction, and emotional abuse.
A survivor of a toxic marriage herself, Gretchen understands the journey of rebuilding after loss. Following her own life-saving divorce and years as a single mother, she is now happily remarried.
She is a graduate of Wheaton College with a degree in Bible and Christian Education.
For more information:
Website and Blog: LifeSavingDivorce.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lifesavingdivorce.bsky.social
Facebook facebook.com/lifesavingdivorce
Instagram instagram.com/gretchenbaskerville
You Tube youtube.com/@lifesavingdivorce
Twitter twitter.com/GGBaskerville
What's a Life-Saving Divorce? A Life-Saving Divorce is a divorce for serious reasons: a pattern of sexual immorality, physical violence, chronic emotional abuse, felony behavior, family-crushing addictions, or abandonment/neglect.
My Book: "The Life-Saving Divorce: Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships"
Paperback or eBook: amzn.to/3J3vXa7
or AUDIOBOOK: amzn.to/4f52Mh4
Or get it from Gumroad (for those who share an Amazon account with their abuser): Download the EPUB and PDF at gumroad.com/lsp
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Why is This Christian In Favor of No-Fault Divorce Laws?
Although Christians have always been told it is a moral ill that damages social stability, researchers found it actually saves lives by decreasing homicide, suicide, and domestic violence.
Researchers at Harvard studied the effects of unilateral No-Fault divorce laws in the U.S. and found that it saved women's lives.
And no-fault divorce didn't increase the divorce rate long term.
The divorce-rate-per-married-woman is lower than it was back in 1970. So even though even though cohabitation is common now, people who choose to marry on average have more stable and healthy marriages than before no-fault-divorce.
Read more here: lifesavingdivorce.com/divorcesaveslives
#lifesavingdivorce #BiblicalMarriage #marriagematters #divorcerecovery #FamilyCourt #FamilyLaw #divorcecoach
Real life horror stories of life before no-fault divorce:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2KU5NPYkpSmZzjeXiG6rAHZHTf_L2ZU&si=7txutlCoX2RTSdD7
Blog posts on similar topics:
The pros and cons of no-fault divorce laws, from a Christian perspective: lifesavingdivorce.com/prosandcons
Side by side comparison of No-Fault and At-Fault divorce laws:
lifesavingdivorce.com/nofaultcomparison
ABOUT
Gretchen Baskerville is a Christian divorce recovery leader and author. She began leading support groups for single mothers in conservative churches in the Los Angeles area in 1998 and now focuses primarily on reaching people online.
For more than 25 years, Gretchen has helped women and men of faith find strength, courage, and healing through the challenges of life-saving divorce. She listens with empathy to those recovering from domestic violence, betrayal, infidelity, addiction, and emotional abuse.
A survivor of a toxic marriage herself, Gretchen understands the journey of rebuilding after loss. Following her own life-saving divorce and years as a single mother, she is now happily remarried.
She is a graduate of Wheaton College with a degree in Bible and Christian Education.
For more information:
Website and Blog: LifeSavingDivorce.com
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lifesavingdivorce.bsky.social
Facebook facebook.com/lifesavingdivorce
Instagram instagram.com/gretchenbaskerville
You Tube youtube.com/@lifesavingdivorce
Twitter twitter.com/GGBaskerville
What's a Life-Saving Divorce? A Life-Saving Divorce is a divorce for serious reasons: a pattern of sexual immorality, physical violence, chronic emotional abuse, felony behavior, family-crushing addictions, or abandonment/neglect.
My Book: "The Life-Saving Divorce: Hope for People Leaving Destructive Relationships"
Paperback or eBook: amzn.to/3J3vXa7
or AUDIOBOOK: amzn.to/4f52Mh4
Or get it from Gumroad (for those who share an Amazon account with their abuser): Download the EPUB and PDF at gumroad.com/lsp
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
