Washington State Governer Christine Gregoire signed a bill on Thursday allowing pregnant women to divorce their husbands.

Ms. Feminist Daily Wire writes:
The bill, sponsored by state Representative Mary Lou Dickerson (D-Seattle) and passed unanimously by both the state House and Senate, was prompted by the case of Shawnna Hughes who was denied the right to divorce her physically abusive husband last November by Superior Court Judge Paul Bastine because she was pregnant.

According to Women's eNews, Shawnna Hughes was denied her right to marriage not only because she was pregnant, but also because the divorce would make the child illegitmate. The court said the divorce was vacated in part because of the fetus' right to know who his or her father is. The court said it also vacated the divorce because Hughes' husband had not been legally notified of the pregnancy and noted that "it was the mother's voluntary act of engaging in sexual relations that caused any delay in granting the divorce." HUH!!!!

Either way, the abuse of women who are pregnant by spouses is statistically profound. Women's eNews reported that 6 percent of pregnant women in Washington reported abuse. And let's not even get into, those who didn't report due to fear.

Anyway, the bill passed and pregnant women in the state of Washington, do in fact have the right to divorce.