Tennessee birth control

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DeusxMac wrote:
So would that mean, statistically, that for every 100 "first cousin" parent couples there would be 5 to 7 whose children would have birth defects that were the result of their genetic relationship?

A birth defect doesn't mean something serious, it can just be something minor that doesn't even register to most folks. The serious life altering defects are far more infrequent. There is a significant statistical chance that a woman over 35 will have a child with downs syndrome, should they not be allowed to marry or bare children?

I think a great deal of this has to do with the "ick" factor.

I find it interesting as my parents were second cousins (my maternal grandmother and paternal great-grandmother were sisters). That may explain a great deal about me though, add in that my mother was 42 when she had me and I'm surprised I'm not voting for Trump