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Not incest. Step relations are not blood relations. The parents marry and combine their existing families.
The article is referring to step-incest relations.
Which aren't a thing.
Two step siblings have no legal relation as far as I'm aware. It's just two people who's parents have married. There's nothing stopping them having their own relationship.
If you're concerned about non consensual events, that's just plain old sexual abuse and rape. That's completely different.
I agree with this sentiment and the concept of 'step-siblings' may work as expected when the kids are like 5.
But if they are instead late teens, well, the parents should be realistic about what happens when you put generally horny strangers under one roof... It should be a risk factor that weighs heavily about joining your families in one household.