Rape: Pregnancy
Commons · Question 65968 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to remove parental rights from people convicted of rape in cases where a child has been conceived as a result of that offence.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 14 Jul 2025
The Government has received a number of representations seeking to broaden the parental responsibility measure in the Victims and Courts Bill, including proposals to restrict the exercise of parental responsibility by individuals convicted of rape in case...