Rapists could lose parental rights under proposed Hawaiian law
04/01/2016 8:34 am PDT
via KCPQ:
HONOLULU -- (KCPQ) -- A man who fathers a child through rape in Hawaii has the same legal rights to custody that any other father does, unless he was convicted for the rape.
Hawaii lawmakers hope to change that. A proposed law would instead allow the courts to deprive rapists of parental rights as long as there's “clear and convincing evidence” that a child was conceived during a sexual assault.
FULL STORY: Rapists could lose parental rights under proposed law - KCPQ
