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Maryland Legislators Keep Parental Rights For Rapists’ As Law

Women petition and urge Congress to support common sense rape survivor rights. (Photo: Change.org)
A nightmare scenario where a rape survivor will have to seek permission from her rapist in order to gain custody of her child will continue to be law in Maryland as an all-male group of legislators blocked passage of a bill protecting women and their children against rapists’ parental rights Monday.