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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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[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Solid observational skills! They have, however, failed you. Just because someone is pointing out that certain arguments don't actually hold water doesn't mean they engage in the activities the arguments are against.

I just don't care if two cousins wanna fuck because the arguments against it are things that I'm actively opposed to, or don't apply to the situation.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You're not as persuasive as you think you are...and you're not fooling anyone.

[–] klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol 0 points 7 minutes ago (1 children)

What, persuasive about not wanting to fuck my cousin? I don't particularly care if anyone thinks I do. If I did, I wouldn't be in a thread about fucking your cousin saying I think it's fine to fuck your cousin. I know that people will make assumptions about my sex life based on my position alone.

If you mean about the arguments against it being eugenics, I care more about that point, because they are, and eugenics is bad.

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 38 seconds ago

.....jfc dude

Fun fact: Most of the places it's legal in are blue. Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina are the only red states it's legal in, out of 17 total states. If we include states where it's conditionally legal (usually based on age/fertility) it's Utah out of 7 states.