Absorbent articles and methods for making absorbent articles with frangible pathways

An absorbent article comprising:

• a first belt comprising an inner wearer facing surface and an outer garment facing surface, the first belt further comprising a laterally extending inner edge and a laterally extending outer edge, the outer edge positioned longitudinally outward of the inner edge, the first belt further comprising inner waist elastic strands and outer waist elastic strands positioned between and connected with a first substrate and a second substrate;
• a second belt, wherein laterally opposing end portions of the second belt are connected with laterally opposing end portions of the first belt at a first side seam and a second side seam to form a waist opening;
• a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis comprising a longitudinally extending first side edge and a longitudinally extending second side edge laterally separated from the first side edge by a first end edge and a second end edge longitudinally separate from the first end edge, and wherein longitudinally opposing end regions of the chassis are connected with the first belt and the second belt, wherein a portion of the chassis overlaps the inner wearer facing surface of the first belt to define a chassis overlap region;
• a first high-stretch zone and a second high-stretch zone separated laterally by a low-stretch zone, wherein the first and second high-stretch zones are elasticated by the inner waist elastic strands, and wherein the low-stretch zone comprises severed inner waist elastic strands in the chassis overlap region;
• a fastener component bonded with the first substrate in the low-stretch zone, wherein at least one severed inner waist elastic strand is positioned between the fastener component and the second substrate, and
• a frangible pathway in the first belt extending across the overlap region between the inner edge and the outer edge of the first belt.