DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest - The Atlantic

The geneticist Jim Wilson, at the University of Edinburgh, was shocked by the frequency he found in the U.K. Biobank, an anonymized research database: One in 7,000 people, according to his unpublished analysis, was born to parents who were first-degree relatives—a brother and a sister or a parent and a child. "That's way, way more than I think many people would ever imagine," he told me. And this number is just a floor: It reflects only the cases that resulted in pregnancy, that did not end in miscarriage or abortion, and that led to the birth of a child who grew into an adult who volunteered for a research study…

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2024/03/dna-tests-incest/677791/

Opinion | Republicans' radical abortion plans are already imploding. - The Washington Post

90 percent of respondents say the victims of rape or incest should be able to get an abortion if they become pregnant; 81 percent of Republicans agree…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/22/radical-anti-abortion-plans-republicans/

Rape and incest exceptions in abortion bans aren’t common - Vox

Just three states with abortion bans in effect include the carveouts, and some anti-abortion advocates want to remove the exceptions altogether…

https://www.vox.com/23271352/rape-and-incest-abortion-exception

Why Republicans support abortion bans with no exception for rape, incest, or health of the mother.

The Supreme Court's June 24 decision overruling Roe v. Wade unleashed an immediate and relentless flood of cruelty against pregnant Americans. Child victims of rape and incest, including a 10-year-old girl in Ohio, must cross state lines to obtain abortions. Patients undergoing a miscarriage are compelled to bleed out for days and risk sepsis before doctors are willing to terminate their pregnancies. Those with ectopic pregnancies, which are lethal and non-viable, are denied treatment due to the presence of a fetal "heartbeat." Women suspected of being pregnant are denied vital treatment for autoimmune disorders because they happen to induce abortion, too...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/10-year-old-girl-rape-ohio-abortion-incest-life-exceptions.html

The end of Roe: Republicans are having some trouble talking about rape and incest.

…The surprisingly durable misconception among conservatives that women are less likely to become pregnant from rape was popularized in the Handbook on Abortion, a 1971 book written by Jack and Barbara Willke, an OB-GYN and nurse couple who went on to lead the anti-abortion movement. They cited unnamed studies to substantiate a number of vague and far-fetched claims about issues such as how the hormones that affect pregnancy would be affected by sexual assault; Jack Willke eventually served as president of the National Right to Life Committee for nearly a decade in the 1980s, and even defended Akin's comments in 2012. (The Willkes are both deceased.)…

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/abortion-roe-rape-incest-republicans.html

Jake Tapper Grills Mississippi Guv: ‘Are You Going to Force’ Pregnancy on Incest Victims? | The Paradise News

Acknowledging the state's "long history of poor health outcomes" due to poverty, Reeves stated that "the best thing we can do for [women] is to provide and improve educational opportunities." He then proceeded to more explicitly suggest women's own shortcomings were at fault when he intoned, "They've got to improve the quality of their skills" in the workforce...

https://theparadise.ng/jake-tapper-grills-mississippi-guv-are-you-going-to-force-pregnancy-on-incest-victims/

 

No-exception laws, once too harsh even for anti-abortion Republicans, gain traction across US

Extreme anti-abortion groups are now emboldened to fight for laws that ban ending pregnancies conceived in rape or incest…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/06/no-exception-rape-incest-anti-abortion-laws-republicans-us

The GOP's newfound abortion dilemma on rape and incest - The Washington Post

And in Michigan, Matthew DePerno, who earned the state GOP's endorsement for attorney general late last month, has said that in that role he wouldn't support exceptions for rape, incest or even the life of the mother…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/04/gop-abortion-dilemma-exceptions/

The GOP’s Strange Turn Against Rape Exceptions to Abortion Bans - The Atlantic

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, 22 states have abortion bans that would quickly become law. Many of those bans contain no exemptions for rape or incest...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/05/supreme-court-overturn-roe-v-wade-no-rape-incest-exceptions/629747/

Steve King questions if there would be any population left if not for rape and incest - CNN Politics

Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa questioned on Wednesday whether there would be any population left on Earth if not for rape and incest...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/politics/steve-king-rape-incest-comments/index.html

Antiabortion leaders have supported rape and incest exceptions for decades. Here’s why that is suddenly changing - The Washington Post

It's the first time many GOP leaders have been "politically willing to go there."
https://www.thelily.com/antiabortion-leaders-have-supported-rape-and-incest-exceptions-for-decades-heres-why-that-is-suddenly-changing/

Science Advocates Will Protest Outside Ark Encounter On Its First Anniversary

When Ark Encounter celebrates its first anniversary this July, atheists and other science advocates will be on hand to protest. And they’re bringing along the same sign that was rejected by billboard companies last year....
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/05/25/science-advocates-will-protest-outside-ark-encounter-on-its-first-anniversary/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter