• 90u9y8gb9t86vytv97g [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      This ignores the reality of incest having a far higher chance than non-incestual pregancies of producing a birth defect.

      But I agree, we don't do eugenics on people with Down's or autism, so that justification here is bullshit.

      • eduardog3000 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I can't remember the specifics, but it's something like women over 40 have just as much chance of producing a birth defect as incest. The real problem comes when incest is repeated for multiple generations, like royal families did. But that's extremely unlikely without the "royal blood" concept anymore.