State representative Ashley Aune is trying to fight it, but doesn’t have high hopes.
Something you might have picked up on over the last several weeks/years/centuries is that there are a disturbing number of people in power who will go to great lengths to control women in America. Not convinced? Thinking of citing the fact that in some countries, women are stoned to death (as though that makes what happens here okay)? Then we’d like to make you aware of a law in Missouri that says pregnant women cannot get a divorce finalized if they’re pregnant—even if said pregnant people are victims of domestic violence.
So, when you’re in your coma, how do you tell the hospital that your POA exists?
You can let your medical insurance put it on file and so long as the hospital has your name, it will be known and they would contact your mom or sibling or whoever you made your POA. A hospital will see that information long before figuring out who your spouse you separated from is.