GMAT verbal MGMAT CAT question doubt

[daydreamer.abhi]

State lawmakers are considering a law allowing children of divorced parents as young as seven to choose the parent with whom they will live, which will likely dissuade those parents from disciplining or punishing their children.

Correct Option : that would allow children as young as seven whose parents are divorced to choose the parent with whom they will live, a policy that would likely dissuade those parents

Reason : Since the law is still under consideration, the conditional (would allow) is more appropriate.

Incorrect Option : that will allow children as young as seven with divorced parents to choose which parent with whom to live, a policy likely dissuading their parents

Reason : he future tense will allow suggests that the law is certain to go into effect, contradicting the sentence’s description of the law as under consideration. Since the law is still under consideration, the conditional (would allow) is more appropriate.


The above explanations are being provided in the MGMAT CAT test analysis.
But i am not very convinced of using "would" in place of "will" , when we are using the present tense not past tense.

Kindly help me resolve my doubt.

Thanks

[tim]

unfortunately i don't know what we can do to resolve your doubt if the explanation on the exam regarding the fact that this is conditional didn't help. that's *why* we use the "would" in this case. if that doesn't make sense to you, you may just have to accept it as fact and memorize that this is how sentences are constructed..