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Rapist's paternity rights locks victim into 16-year relation

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 9:58 am
by Wild Bill
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politi ... r-attacker

Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker
Rapist's paternity rights locks victim into 16-year relationship with him.

August 21, 2013 |


BOSTON (CN) - A rape victim sued Massachusetts to stop it from subjecting her to "a court-ordered 16-year unwanted relationship with her attacker" by giving him paternity rights over the child born from the rape.

Re: Rapist's paternity rights locks victim into 16-year rela

Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 2:35 pm
by Fuzzy Dunlop
Sounds like it was probably statutory rape seeing as the kind only got probation. There's got to be more to this story.

BTW, article quotes 35,000 rapebabies per year... that seems a little inflated.