437
NHS defends cousin marriages because ‘only 15 percent lead to birth defects’ (www.yahoo.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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”.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 2 points 9 months ago

Did you read the article?

‘Benefits of cousin marriages’

The NHS guidance, meanwhile, goes on to describe the benefits of cousin marriages.

The papers explain how “marriage within the family can provide financial and social security at the individual, family and wider kinship levels”.

If that's not extolling the virtues of impregnanting your cousins, I don't know what it is.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent