Reply #146: Not too sure about that. [View All]

Incest covers far more than a non-consensual father-daughter relationship, and in this context that situation is easily covered by the previously mentioned "rape." To me, mentioning two different scenarios means the two are seen as distinct. The only way for that to make sense is if the speaker is saying he or she is in favor of abortion only is cases of both incest and rape, at the same time. What's more, if the concern is genetic deformity, it would be more precise to say "cases of rape and genetic deformity," because not all genetic deformity is the result of incest, and not all incest result in genetic deformity. Also, there are others, like Sean Hannity, is are not in favor of allowing abortion in cases of known genetic deformity, so his stated support of exception for incest is for some other reason (though admittedly, not likely a good one.)