SECTION 1. Chapter 209C of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 10 the following section:-
Section 10A. Upon a guilty plea or conviction, a person convicted under section 22 of chapter 265 has no rights to custody of any child born as a result of the commission of the rape, nor shall the person have any rights related to the child under section 4A of chapter 210, provided however; that after a guilty plea or conviction under section 23 of chapter 265, the court shall consider the age of the convicted if the sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse was not committed by force, or against the will of the victim, or by threat of bodily harm to the victim, before terminating custodial rights.
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