{"id":142,"date":"2015-04-24T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=142"},"modified":"2015-04-24T11:32:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T16:32:08","slug":"should-a-rapist-have-the-right-to-custody-of-a-child-conceived-by-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/should-a-rapist-have-the-right-to-custody-of-a-child-conceived-by-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Should a Rapist Have the Right to Custody of a Child Conceived by Rape?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should a rapist have the right to custody of a child who was conceived by rape?\u00a0 The United States Senate recently answered\u2014unanimously\u2014\u201cNo!\u201d to that very question when it passed an amendment to human trafficking legislation that would give states a strong incentive\u00a0to ban rapists from having parental rights regarding a resulting child.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Rape Survivor Child Custody Act\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/amendment\/114th-congress\/senate-amendment\/311\/text\">The Rape Survivor Child Custody Act<\/a> passed the Senate 99-0 and targets a pressing problem: in 40 out of 50 states, a woman cannot sue to terminate the parental rights of her rapist.\u00a0In those states, a rapist can sue for custody of a child conceived by the rape.\u00a0 That means that a woman could be forced to face her rapist \u201cevery other weekend\u201d to exchange their child\u2014an outcome that can have devastating traumatic results. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/should-a-rapist-have-the-right-to-custody-of-a-child-conceived-by-rape\/#more-142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should a rapist have the right to custody of a child who was conceived by rape?\u00a0 The United States Senate recently answered\u2014unanimously\u2014\u201cNo!\u201d to that very question when it passed an amendment to human trafficking legislation that would give states a strong incentive\u00a0to ban rapists from having parental rights regarding a resulting child. 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