Incest

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

When I first saw this quote I figured there must be some logical explanation for the wording. Turns out I was wrong. Or rather, the logic used to support this claim is so devoid of compassion or understanding it's staggering.

I think the idea is that in the phrase "rape and incest", as commonly used in abortion talk, the incest that isn't also rape (statuatory or not) is voluntary.

For example, if you allow abortion in case of rape, but not incest, you would allow it for a case of incestual rape. And the reason the woman is singled out is because she's the one who would be getting the abortion.

I hate to defend the idea behind it, but there is a logical explanation for the wording.