Is Infertility Grounds for Divorce?
I’m not aware of there being any law against divorcing for reasons of infertility. (And even if there were, the person who wished to initiate the divorce could claim the catch-all “irreconcilable differences” anyhow.) As far as morally speaking…it would be unfortunate if a person were willing to divorce another for that reason, given that we take vows for in sickness and in health, etc. However, different people have different priorities. I suppose you could look at it from the perspective that the person who initiated the divorce was actually doing their spouse a favor (even though it might not seem like that at the time). If your partner were willing to break what’s supposed to be a lifetime commitment for that reason, then you deserve the opportunity to find someone else who will love/appreciate you just the way you are. After all, a person who would abandon their partner due to infertility would likely be the sort of person who might not be a true partner to begin with.
