State Senator Diane Sands, who drafted the bill, says this is the only way to protect the rape victim.
"So you've got someone who has raped someone and there's a child as a result of it and kind of in perpetuity into the future," Sands said. "The rapist has a continued weapon to use against the victim, which is this child."
A Senate hearing on the bill is scheduled for the first week of the New Year.