Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a press conference across the street from the Manhattan criminal court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

In wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republicans have been looking to roll back other  protections like contraception access, in-vitro fertilization and now no-fault divorce.

A recent article from The Guardian took inventory on conservative politicians and commentators discussing the elimination of no-fault divorce laws, which have been present in all 50 states for decades. In 17 states, the only option for divorce is no-fault, which allows for either party to file without needing to prove wrongdoing by their spouse, like adultery, physical abuse or abandonment.

In 2021, now-U.S. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) received backlash for suggesting that women in violent and abusive relationships should be forced to stay with their spouses.

“This is one of the great tricks that I think the sexual revolution pulled on the American populace,” Vance said in audio originally published by Vice News. “Which was the idea that like, ‘Well, okay, these marriages were fundamentally, you know, they were maybe even violent, but certainly they were unhappy, and so getting rid of them and making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear, that’s going to make people happier in the long term.’”

Vance is now one of former President Donald Trump’s potential vice president candidates.

In January, Oklahoma state Sen. Dusty Deevers (R-Elgin), who is a self-proclaimed Christian nationalist, introduced a series of controversial bills that included a piece of legislation to abolish no-fault divorce. Deevers, who won a special election to represent Senate District 32 in December, said that no-fault divorce laws are “an abolition of marital obligation.” The other bills that Deevers proposed included a total abortion ban, a pornography ban and an expansion of gun rights.

Other conservative voices like Steven Crowder, Matt Walsh and Tim Pool have taken aim at the issue as well, with the latter asserting that “No-Fault Divorce has DESTROYED Men’s Confidence in Marriage.”