There isn't a link to this story in the online version of my paper but here are the facts reported:

A 14-year-old girl went to a party with her older sister. At the party, the girl, was drugged and raped by a 21 year old man. The girl became pregnant and gave birth last December. Her mother is raising the child.

In a plea deal, the rapist was convicted and ordered to serve 8 years and 4 months in prison, to be deported to Guatemala after serving his sentence and to pay child support through his parole officer. The court papers report that he "wanted to take responsibility for the baby and pay child support". I understand that this child needs to be supported but tying this very young girl to her rapist seems, well, creepy. It also seems that by paying support that the father will retain parental rights to the child, which is also creepy, IMO.

What do you think?