parental rights
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Alabama Amends Law to Strip Parental Rights From Those Convicted of First-Degree Rape
Alabama has made a move toward loosening rapists’ hold on parental rights in the state. The move is seen as particularly important since Alabama just virtually outlawed all abortions in the state, with no exceptions for rape or incest, which left open the nightmarish possibility that a woman could be raped and then forced to…
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Alabama: Where You Can Be Forced to Give Birth After Being Raped and Maybe Have to Parent the Child With Your Rapist
What is up with these Southern states when it comes to women’s rights? (And as a proud New Yorker with deep roots in the Tar Heel State, aka North Cackalacky, aka North Carolina, where it’s perfectly legal to continue having sex with someone who told them to stop, I think I am well within my…
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NH Dad Fired for Attending Son’s Birth Gets Outpouring of Support, Job Leads
On Jan. 1, 2017, Lamar Austin and his wife, Lindsay, welcomed a baby boy into the world. Little Cainan made news as the first baby to be born in Concord, N.H. However, now the Austins’ story has drawn even more media attention after Lamar lost his job after missing work to be with his family…