Politicians who adopt the “rape, incest, and life of the mother” exceptions are showing us all one of two things. There are two, and only two possibilities. Either they don’t know that the position they have adopted is incoherent, or they do know. Those are the only options, and certain things follow from each.

The issue in the abortion debate is whether or not the child is a person, created in the image of God. If a person, then that child should have the protections that God’s law secures for persons. The law should recognize the personhood of the unborn child. If not a person, then we need not bother. So that is the issue, and that is the only issue.

-Doug Wilson