Comment on Tennessee legislature passes bill banning marriage between first cousins
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 months agoHmm, interesting problem where I don’t exactly have a good answer. But I would still support some form of criminalisation. If I fed my 3 year old cocaine while knowing it was cocaine, should I not be jailed for abuse? Is this situation not similar?
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 months ago
No, because feeding a child cocaine isnillegal and reckless. Having protected sex is not.
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 months ago
But deciding to continue with the pregnancy after your protected sex fails is reckless. You know your child is going to have a 50% probability of having severe genetic defects. If you still continue with the pregnancy, it is equivalent to feeding your child cocaine.
Pateecakes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In Tennessee abortion is illegal, so they would have no choice but to continue the pregnancy. So, not really an equal comparison, since presumably you have a choice not to feed your child cocaine.
UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Ahh… Forgot that this story was in shithole Tennessee.