Republicans on Rape

[Indy Coug]

Huh. You'd think there would be a few Republicans who could get behind that.

Man, you're not even trying now. Time to step up your game.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Huh. You'd think there would be a few Republicans who could get behind that.

[Jacob]

I'm sure this must be how you feel about gay marriage, as it is experiencing a huge uptick in popularity.

Of course it is. What would have made you think otherwise?

[SoonerCoug]

All the local Tom Sawyers don't really pay attention to the news, but they will find out eventually. There is just a delay in it being reflected in the polls.

Akin has dropped by 14 points or so--now down 9.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...264df2cb8.html

[calicoug]

And as the Akin controversy dies down a bit, along comes yet another Republican Senate candidate (this time in Pennsylvania) to teach us all just a bit more about rape:

http://www.salon.com/2012/08/27/tom_...kin/singleton/

[wuapinmon]

According to this article in the Atlantic, 31 states grant rapists visitation rights if their victim gives birth to their child and decides to keep it.

[il Padrino Ute]

According to this article in the Atlantic, 31 states grant rapists visitation rights if their victim gives birth to their child and decides to keep it.

Which are the 31 states?

[calicoug]

According to this article in the Atlantic, 31 states grant rapists visitation rights if their victim gives birth to their child and decides to keep it.

After looking at the source the Atlantic quotes (a Georgetown Law article), that characterization is highly misleading. From the 2010 Georgetown Law Review article:

Sixteen states have enacted statutes to protect a raped woman who chooses to raise her child from the efforts of a rapist father who seeks to exercise custody or visitation privileges. The remaining thirty-four states have failed to address the issue. Of those sixteen states providing legal redress, nine states allow or require the termination of the parental rights of the rapist father while seven states allow or require merely stripping custody or visitation privileges, leaving parental obligations intact. By extinguishing custody or visitation rights as opposed to terminating parental rights altogether, rapist fathers in these five states may be required to pay child or other economic support for their children.

It sounds like most states haven't addressed the issue (as opposed to expressly permitting visitation rights/custody). While this can and has resulted in rapists getting visitation rights/custody (which seems unfathomable to me), and obviously needs to be fixed and addressed, at least they aren't expressly granting certain rights to rapists.

[Donuthole]

Bump. This seems like a fitting place to merge FR's new thread.

[pelagius]

Bump. This seems like a fitting place to merge FR's new thread.

No, it's fine as a separate thread.

[smokymountainrain]

No, it's fine as a separate thread.

[Donuthole]

pelagius and I will probably have to solve this via a weightlifting duel. He's seen me, and he knows he'll lose, so he probably won't even accept the challenge.

[YOhio]

No, it's fine as a separate thread.

Yay! Applause!

[pelagius]

pelagius and I will probably have to solve this via a weightlifting duel. He's seen me, and he knows he'll lose, so he probably won't even accept the challenge.

Possibly I could compete if it was a duel using the hip abduction machine?

[smokymountainrain]

pelagius and I will probably have to solve this via a weightlifting duel. He's seen me, and he knows he'll lose, so he probably won't even accept the challenge.

lol.