ByteOnBikesJan 18

NHS defends cousin marriages because ‘only 15 percent lead to birth defects’

https://discuss.online/post/34083202

NHS defends cousin marriages because ‘only 15 percent lead to birth defects’ - Discuss Online

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”.

Show threadUncleArthurJan 18
Excuse me! Loads of Western European countries allow full incest (e.g. Belgium, France, Spain, etc.) so let’s not pick on us Brits for allowing cousins to fuck.
Show threadEager EagleJan 18
not making illegal and support from the national health service are vastly different things. 15% is a disastrous rate for public health.
Show threadworkerONEJan 18
But it’s not a 15% risk. Unrelated couples have a 3% chance of having a child with a birth defect while cousins have a 5% chance of having a child with a birth defect.
Show threadphutatorius
The stats I saw show a 2.55% risk across all UK births. So a bit under 3%.
Jan 19 at 1:12pmWeb