"...except in the case of rape or incest."

rotfl!!!

Yeah, this thinking stems I believe from the early Catholic church's stance on fornication and adultry. Both of which are sins according to the tenets of that faith. Since the Christians dominated the western world for 1000 years and the spread to the new world it seems only natural that these fundalmentalist views would creep into American law, society and morality. Too bad that the concept of the soul being infused at the moment of creation is now somehow no longer the case since any human cells except RBC can contain DNA and possibly the formation of a human. So when I shave am I sinning? It is time the church had Vatican III in my opinion. These issues need to be addressed.