incest

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After the movie came out, Lindo says, he met an incest survivor who said she appreciated the humanity he gave to a seemingly monstrous character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

In the 1960s, legislators introduced additional exceptions: for sexual assault, incest, fetal disability and certain health risks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

State Rep. Delisha Boyd, a Democrat who put forward a rape and incest exception bill in Louisiana, shared that she was conceived when her mother was raped at 15 by an older man.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

However, the 2010 constitution, combined with a wider body of law, does allow abortion when "the life or health of the mother is in danger" or when the pregnancy has resulted from rape or incest.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2023

In his Ring cycle, Wagner tackles the subjects of incest, or the abuse of power, or greed - all pertinent to nineteenth-century Europe - but transports the action to the distant mists of prehistory.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall