On the recordApril 22, 2015
women who give birth to a child conceived through rape can often face intimidation from attackers who--believe it or not--pursue parental rights. I was first moved to introduce this bill following the case of Ariel Castro in Cleveland. He was on trial for kidnapping, raping, and holding prisoner three women for a decade and then he asked the judge for parental rights to visit the 6-year-old daughter who was conceived through his rape. Madam President, the Brown-Ayotte-Shaheen-Gillibrand-Baldwin amendment helps protect rape survivors by encouraging States to pass laws allowing women to petition for the termination of their attacker's parental rights if there is clear and convincing evidence that the child was conceived through the rape. Madam President, I yield 1 minute to my colleague from New Hampshire. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.
