Comment on Tennessee legislature passes bill banning marriage between first cousins
hikaru755@feddit.de 6 months agohaving biological kids born out of incest should be criminalized as that comes under child abuse
It’s the same as any other situation where a couple has known genetic traits that make birth defects much more likely. Why should it be criminalized if the parents are related, but not when the parents are unrelated, even though the outcome for the child is the same?
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I’m not very confident in answering this, but this is my answer- Knowing that ur kid will have genetic defects is very easy if you know that your partner is your sibling, no? To know the other genetic traits, you would have to consciously conduct genetic tests n stuff. But not so much for incest.
hikaru755@feddit.de 6 months ago
But there are enough situations where it is easily known, even without genetic testing. I’m only talking about those. Why shouldn’t those be criminalized then, too?
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 6 months ago
It shouldn’t be. I was referring to direct family incest, where the risk of genetic disorders is 50%.
hikaru755@feddit.de 6 months ago
Well in your original comment you were just talking about “incest” generally, and then going on to mention you marrying your first cousin as a hypothetical example. That made it seem like you would want a child coming out of that relationship to be criminalized, and that’s what I was responding to. For direct siblings it might indeed be another matter.