Twenty-seven of fifty states require a criminal conviction to terminate the parental rights of a rapist. If a rape results in pregnancy and a woman chooses to carry that pregnancy to term, she may be subjected to fight her rapist in court over the parental rights of the child. In 2015, Congress passed the Rape Survivor Child Custody Act to incentivize states to lower this standard to “clear and convincing evidence.” This Note proposes that this Act be adopted by all fifty states to universally lower the standard of proof required in these cases.

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你不是父亲：需要终止强奸犯的父母权利以保护受害者和儿童

五十个州中有二十七个要求刑事定罪才能终止强奸犯的父母权利。如果强奸导致怀孕，而妇女选择怀孕至足月，她可能会因孩子的父母权利而在法庭上与强奸犯进行斗争。2015 年，国会通过了《强奸幸存者儿童监护法》，以激励各州将这一标准降低到“明确和令人信服的证据”。本说明建议所有五十个州都采用该法案，以普遍降低这些案件所需的证明标准。