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Paedophiles convicted of serious sexual offences could lose parental rights over their children under a new law.

The proposed law change comes after the BBC reported the case of a mother who spent £30,000 in legal fees to stop her paedophile ex-husband getting access to their daughter.

After hearing the story, Labour MP Harriet Harman tabled an amendment to upcoming legislation.

It covers the most serious sexual offence - rape of a child under 13. 

Speaking to BBC News, Ms Harman said paedophiles who were guilty of that crime in the future would be "automatically deprived" of their parental rights.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If the biological parent is a confirmed child abuser, getting them to foster care is a lottery where the two potential results are ending up with another child abuser or with literally anyone better than that.

But that isn't even the only option. The very case referenced by the article is that of a mother trying to block her pederast ex-husband from being able to meet their abused child.

[–] stoly -1 points 2 months ago

My sister used to foster. The reality is usually closer to what the person you responded to said.