It IS a fringe idea and it will receive opposition from me.
The next big C conservative that advocates this...and the complains about the Federal Leviathan will have exposed themselves as a statist.
Either you want small government, or you don't.
Now, I WILL NOT say this is a Constitutional issue. Clearly the states are empowered to enact such laws.
But I will choose to live in a state that doesn't believe it can compel two people to stay married when they don't want to be.
It is not two people in a marriage, it is the entire responsibility - the children created.
The state has a great stake in how those future citizens turn out.
Parents in an emotional state of grief or frustration can often make poor decisions that will effect their kids more than they realize. Asking the state to put a delay or require some counseling for the sake of the parents AND the kids - all existing and future citizen/taxpayer/police/soldiers - is a societal good with fairly low burden.
Certainly less burden that having to carry the child to term and raise the children thus far - just put some help out there and require them to make use of it.
This aint like an election that you can change in 2-4 years, this becomes permanent.
Same for abortion waiting periods - think about it and the consequences a bit longer - while you’re so emotionally charged understandably.
There are lives other than yours involved here that deserve a better chance than your current yearning choice for personal freedom will be sentencing them to.