Incest

[Aliantha]

I noticed a tagline down the bottom of the page under the tip jar and this is what it said:

Incest is a voluntary act on the woman's part.
--Charles Rice, Professor of Law, Notre Dame University, in a pamphlet published by the American Life League

Here the quote is illuminated slightly:

Arguing that "Incest is a voluntary act on a woman's part," former Notre Dame University law professor Charles Rice opposed abortion in cases of rape and incest, reinforcing blame of the victim and the notion of pregnancy as punishment of females. Yet another doctrinaire Bush judicial nominee and former head of Arkansas Right to Life, James Leon Holmes opposes abortion for rape victims: "...the concern for rape victims is a red herring because conceptions from rape occur with the same frequency as snow in Miami". This apocryphal notion has long circulated within right-to-life circles, expressed in right-to-life denial literature: "Medically we know pregnancy in these cases [incest or rape] would be rare if not impossible" because "fear prevents ovulation...only when the female is consenting does pregnancy occur."

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.