Neighborhood Ministries

Rapists hope the woman will abort the baby if they become pregnant so that it will destroy the evidence and protect them from prosecution. However, when the woman decides to keep the baby, they sometimes file for child custody to harass the woman and gain custody so they won’t have to pay child support. Rapists also use custody laws to get at children and molest them. They may also use the laws to threaten the mother and force her to continue submitting to the rapist. Right to Life groups seek to help rape victims choose life for the baby and protect the mother and the child. They have been pushing a Federal law, “The Rape Survivors Child Custody Act” to protect women who are victims of rape and choose to keep their child. We must also encourage States to pass laws terminating the custody rights of rapists. Recently, a 10 year old girl was raped and became pregnant. Children’s Services seized the girl and took her to an abortion clinic and got her an abortion against her parent’s wishes. While the rapist stole her innocence, Children’s Service took her child. Adults can say it is different because the baby was conceived during rape, but a 10 year old girl does not make that distinction. To her, it was her child regardless of how it was conceived. She was victimized as much, if not more, by Children’s Services than she was by the rapist. In addition, by aborting the baby, the rapist probably went free because the abortionist destroyed the evidence.