SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PARENTAL RIGHTS.

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Alabama may soon join the states that sever the parental rights of rapists. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow for the termination of parental rights of someone convicted of first-degree rape that results in the birth of a child, TimesDaily.com reports. Forty-five states have laws addressing the parental rights of perpetrators of sexual assault: 30 terminate their parental...

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