Violence Against Women - What we in the US take for granted

[Happy_Go_Lucky]

LINCOLN — She made an agonizing decision two years ago to give birth to a child who was conceived during a rape.

Today, the 20-year-old Norfolk, Neb., woman has a beautiful toddler, but a different sort of agony. Recently a judge granted child visitation rights to the man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her.

http://www.omaha.com/article/2014012...hts-restricted

And the hits just keep on coming...

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Happy_Go_Lucky

LINCOLN — She made an agonizing decision two years ago to give birth to a child who was conceived during a rape.

Today, the 20-year-old Norfolk, Neb., woman has a beautiful toddler, but a different sort of agony. Recently a judge granted child visitation rights to the man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting her.

http://www.omaha.com/article/2014012...hts-restricted

And the hits just keep on coming...

[Sweet Bliss]

Originally Posted by Kobi

This is sickening.

Which 31 states?

[Kobi]

Originally Posted by Sweet Bliss

This is sickening.

Which 31 states?

I like knowing from whence things came. The above graphic is from a 2012 CNN story where Shauna Prewitt, a Chicago lawyer responded to Todd Akins "legitimate rape rarely results in pregnancy" comments with the story of her own rape which did result in pregnancy.

In an article in The Georgetown Law Journal in 2010, entitled "Giving Birth To A Rapists Child, A Discussion And Analysis Of The Limited Legal Protections Afforded To Women Who Become Mothers Through Rape", Prewitt explains how states have hurried to enact laws to cover the termination of a rapists legal rights in order to enable adoption, but have fallen woefully short when it comes to aid for raped women who choose to raise their raped conceived children.

Fascinating reading if you are well versed in legalese.

In 2012, the 19 states that bar rapists from custodial and visitation rights are: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Since then, a number of states have been attempting (but I cant find actual success) to enact such provisions such as Arkansas, Colorado, and Florida.

I found a really cool site from the Colorado government called "A State By State Review Of the Parental Rights Of Fathers Who Conceive A Child By Rape." Getting past the odd title, I like it because it has a chart (Kobi likes charts) of all the states, the ones with statutes and what the statutes are for i.e. adoption, custody, termination of parental rights, visitation, criminal. It also shows if conviction is required, and the burden of proof i.e. clear and convincing evidence, preponderance of evidence, beyond reasonable doubt.

http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite...&ssbinary=true

[Sweet Bliss]

Thank you for all the background Kobi!

We all need to get back to our radical change roots and take back our personal power and decision making rights over our lives, bodies, children, families etc.

This is making me nauseous.

What can I do today Kobi, to create a change in my state?

[silkepus]

I saw this on tumblr, but it can't be true. Does anyone know if it is? Its almost to infuriating to consider.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by silkepus

I saw this on tumblr, but it can't be true. Does anyone know if it is? Its almost to infuriating to consider.

Yes, he is facing 10 years. He is not yet convicted that I could find.


Steubenville Rapist Released While Hacker Who Helped Expose Him Faces 10-Year Sentence

By Matt Essert January 9, 2014 36


Sometimes justice is not very just. Deric Lostutter, the 26-year-old hacker who went by the online alias, KYAnonymous, is facing charges after an FBI raid on his house in April for what the the agency is claiming is his illegal role in obtaining tweets and Instagram posts related to rape of a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville last year. Meanwhile, one of the two rapists Lostutter helped expose was just released from prison 10 months after being sentenced to one year in prison.

Whether or not Lostutter did any actual hacking is unclear (the social media posts were obtained legally), but the fact that he could be facing more prison time than the rapists themselves is appalling.

Although he initially denied his involvement, Lostutter eventually admitted to being the masked man in a video that threatened action against the players involved in the girl's rape and the school officials involved in the cover up and that included the heinous tweets and Instagram posts he had obtained. The video was posted to the high school football team's website and helped bring national attention to this story. A highly disturbing cellphone video (WARNING: graphic language) of students joking about the victim was also released by Anonymous, but there's no apparent connection to Lostutter.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/78...-year-sentence