An Act to protect victims of rape and children conceived during the commission of said offense

This bill allows victims of rape to petition courts to terminate the rapist's parental rights when a child is conceived during the crime. It applies to married women (via Section 1) and any mother (via Section 2) who has a child born from rape. The law presumes termination is in the child's best interest and accepts a guilty plea or conviction for rape (under MA law sections 22/22A) as conclusive proof the child was conceived through criminal conduct. Petitions may be filed at any time without additional evidence. The bill directly affects victims of rape and the children born from such crimes by creating a streamlined legal pathway to end the perpetrator's parental rights.