I agree with you. People are making the mistake of thinking abolishing no-fault divorce means you are forcing people to stay together in bad situations. No such thing. If things are really that bad, you always have the option of separation. No one is arguing we should take that right away.
And FWIW, my wife and I got married knowing that there was absolutely zero possibility of divorce for us (we’re both devout Catholics). That attitude really shifted our focus when we got engaged as to what we were doing, and it has really solidified our marriage in terms of us knowing that we have to make this work no matter what. It is tremendously liberating. I can’t imagine having gone into this with the idea that it might end.
The point of the article is that NFD is bad because children are better off living with both parents. How is option of separation an improvement?