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niyad

(112,064 posts)
22. you are not finished throwing up yet--rapists get visitation and custody rights in THRITY-ONE states
Sun Aug 26, 2012, 05:54 PM
Aug 2012

In thirty-one states, a man who is accused or convicted of rape is allowed to seek visitation and custody rights of the child fathered in the rape – in the same way as any other dad.

That legal situation is the focus of a CNN op-ed by lawyer Shauna R. Prewitt. For Prewitt the topic is personal: she says that she was raped at age 21, and chose to have the baby. Soon after her daughter's birth, while Prewitt was pursuing a case against her alleged rapist, he served her with papers seeking custody of her daughter.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/22/1123187/-31-States-Give-Rapists-Rights-to-Child

31 States Allow Rapists Custody and Visitation Rights


In the wake of Todd Akin's comments about pregnancy rarely resulting from "legitimate rape," lawyer Shauna Prewitt highlights a reality for women in that situation in a column on CNN: In a majority of states, attackers are afforded the same rights as other fathers.

Prewitt, herself a rape survivor who gave birth to a daughter as a result of her attack, explains that 31 states have no laws that bar rapists from seeking custody or visitation rights. For Prewitt that astounding fact is personal. Her rapist attempted to get custody of her daughter, "but thankfully I got lucky and his visitation rights were terminated," she said, according to a profile of her by The Am Law Daily's Brain Baxter. She added: "I'm not sure I would have made the decision I did had I known I might be tethered to my rapist for the rest of my life."

In a paper published in the The Georgetown Law Journal in 2010 — when the number of states without such laws were even greater — Prewitt argued that the absence "stems from the images and other societal rhetoric that depict the prototypical raped woman as hating her unborn child and as viewing her rape pregnancy as continuing her rape trauma." In her CNN piece, she blames it on "ignorance": Some believe that women don't raise children conceived from rape, others can't fathom a rapist wanting parental rights.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/08/31-states-grant-rapists-custody-and-visitation-rights/56118/
another republican ass Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #1
another republican ass Flashmann Aug 2012 #4
It's not that they think we aren't human, CrispyQ Aug 2012 #2
^^THIS^^^ and don't forget, Rape is just a detail to the GOP: Raine1967 Aug 2012 #12
Fuck that! smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #3
Excellent read Freddie Aug 2012 #5
K & R n/t malaise Aug 2012 #6
K&R nt avebury Aug 2012 #7
These knuckle dragging cretins amuse bouche Aug 2012 #8
So when/if the Conservatives take control...All women with ectopic pregencies will DIE! Auntie Bush Aug 2012 #9
No, not all women will die. lark Aug 2012 #11
Good point. Raine1967 Aug 2012 #14
Rapist as "father" GEOpix Aug 2012 #10
OMFG I feel like I'm going to throw up! lark Aug 2012 #13
Just having a conversation about this Lifelong Protester Aug 2012 #15
you are not finished throwing up yet--rapists get visitation and custody rights in THRITY-ONE states niyad Aug 2012 #22
That is just so disgusting Mad_Dem_X Aug 2012 #18
How can he hold a job Politicalboi Aug 2012 #26
Once again, "prophet" George Carlin has predicted this shit sakabatou Aug 2012 #16
Carlin was a national treasure. n/t Mad_Dem_X Aug 2012 #19
Perhaps he should be made into a wax figure a la Madame Tussauds? sakabatou Aug 2012 #24
"when it's us, it's abortion; handmade34 Aug 2012 #21
This IS the Rapepublican Party. 99Forever Aug 2012 #17
And with that the GOP has officially gone full caveman. Initech Aug 2012 #20
it certainly does't close the ignoence gap... defacto7 Aug 2012 #23
So let him fuck a chimp. ananda Aug 2012 #25
What have I been telling you guys? ProfessionalLeftist Aug 2012 #27
K&R Wednesdays Aug 2012 #28
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