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NHS defends cousin marriages because ‘only 15 percent lead to birth defects’ (www.yahoo.com)

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Midwives have been told about the benefits of “close relative marriage” in training documents that minimise the risks to couples’ children.

The documents claim “85 to 90 per cent of cousin couples do not have affected children” and warn staff that “close relative marriage is often stigmatised in England”, adding claims that “the associated genetic risks have been exaggerated”.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Not sure what marriage has to do with it in either case tbh. The cousinfuckers can have babies without getting married and so can you lol

But I do understand your point. It's an ethical dilemma and not a simple one. I mean on a policy level. I imagine on a personal level it's easier to say "the risk is too great, I won't do it" as opposed to policymakers saying "the risk is too great, you shouldn't be allowed to have children"

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm just following that logic, I made a similar comment about marriage =! Children

https://lemmy.world/comment/21642724

For me this is a good thing (remove the restriction). I would love the message to be more of support rather then "well, some will have defects" though

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh I didn't disagree with you. I'm just wondering why tf they're talking about marriage anyway. In this day and age, I think most babies are born out of wedlock.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In this day and age, I think most babies are born out of wedlock.

Around 40% in the US.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/out-of-wedlock-births-by-country

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's already a lot but apparently in the UK which the article is about it is now over 50%

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

There are far fewer practising Christians in the UK. Also there's no tax incentive favouring marriage, everyone files separately.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

There's a law that prevents the marriage from back when marriage==children.

It's a stupid law, but an even more stupid reason to change it.