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In the episode, Heather decides to raise her child conceived in rape, the traumatic effect of the rape and the child's blood relationship to the rapist had the potential to create some psychological challenges (as Heather killed her rapist), but the circumstance of the child's conception is no guarantee to cause psychological problems. Ava Zinn states that Heather could have difficulty accepting the fact (as Heather wanted to have another child, yet it wasn't under the circumstances she dealt with). As Heather is already a mother of [[Rumer Moffitt|one daughter]], series creator Ava Zinn states that she will give birth to a boy [[Queen of the Willis (season 8)|the following season]]. | In the episode, Heather decides to raise her child conceived in rape, the traumatic effect of the rape and the child's blood relationship to the rapist had the potential to create some psychological challenges (as Heather killed her rapist), but the circumstance of the child's conception is no guarantee to cause psychological problems. Ava Zinn states that Heather could have difficulty accepting the fact (as Heather wanted to have another child, yet it wasn't under the circumstances she dealt with). As Heather is already a mother of [[Rumer Moffitt|one daughter]], series creator Ava Zinn states that she will give birth to a boy [[Queen of the Willis (season 8)|the following season]]. | ||
| + | <!-- LEGAL ISSUES --> | ||
In announcing the episode, Zinn states that Heather may also face legal difficulties as Heather's rape occured in Indiana. Had Bobby Joe survived, he would have maintained parental rights as Heather is to be the biological mother and Bobby Joe's paternal rights would be terminated anyway.<ref name=prewitt-georgetown/> Research by legal scholar Shauna Prewitt indicates that the resulting continued contact with the rapist is damaging for women who keep the child.<ref name=prewitt-georgetown>{{cite journal |last1=Prewitt |first1=Shauna R. |year=2010 |title=Giving Birth to a 'Rapist's Child': A Discussion and Analysis of the Limited Legal Protections Afforded to Women Who Become Mothers Through Rape |journal=Georgetown Law Journal |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=831–62 |url=http://georgetownlawjournal.org/articles/giving-birth-to-a-rapists-child-a-discussion-and-analysis-of-the-limited-legal-protections-afforded-to-women-who-become-mothers-through-rape/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024060610/http://georgetownlawjournal.org/articles/giving-birth-to-a-rapists-child-a-discussion-and-analysis-of-the-limited-legal-protections-afforded-to-women-who-become-mothers-through-rape/ |archivedate=24 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She wrote in 2012 that in the US, 31 states allow rapists to assert custody and visitation rights over children conceived through rape.<ref name="prewitt-cnn">Prewitt, Shauna (22 August 2012). [http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/opinion/prewitt-rapist-visitation-rights/index.html Raped, pregnant and ordeal not over.] [[wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]</ref> | In announcing the episode, Zinn states that Heather may also face legal difficulties as Heather's rape occured in Indiana. Had Bobby Joe survived, he would have maintained parental rights as Heather is to be the biological mother and Bobby Joe's paternal rights would be terminated anyway.<ref name=prewitt-georgetown/> Research by legal scholar Shauna Prewitt indicates that the resulting continued contact with the rapist is damaging for women who keep the child.<ref name=prewitt-georgetown>{{cite journal |last1=Prewitt |first1=Shauna R. |year=2010 |title=Giving Birth to a 'Rapist's Child': A Discussion and Analysis of the Limited Legal Protections Afforded to Women Who Become Mothers Through Rape |journal=Georgetown Law Journal |volume=98 |issue=3 |pages=831–62 |url=http://georgetownlawjournal.org/articles/giving-birth-to-a-rapists-child-a-discussion-and-analysis-of-the-limited-legal-protections-afforded-to-women-who-become-mothers-through-rape/ |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024060610/http://georgetownlawjournal.org/articles/giving-birth-to-a-rapists-child-a-discussion-and-analysis-of-the-limited-legal-protections-afforded-to-women-who-become-mothers-through-rape/ |archivedate=24 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She wrote in 2012 that in the US, 31 states allow rapists to assert custody and visitation rights over children conceived through rape.<ref name="prewitt-cnn">Prewitt, Shauna (22 August 2012). [http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/opinion/prewitt-rapist-visitation-rights/index.html Raped, pregnant and ordeal not over.] [[wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]</ref> | ||
Part 1 of the episode is based on Ava Zinn being raped by a female on April 22, 2015 (which was reported as a female on male rape) in Marion, Indiana, as well as two other times in 2002 and 2010. | Part 1 of the episode is based on Ava Zinn being raped by a female on April 22, 2015 (which was reported as a female on male rape) in Marion, Indiana, as well as two other times in 2002 and 2010. | ||
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