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No personally, but I think an expert could analyze a couple for pregnancy risks and other issues at least. From what I've read in the past the risk goes up a bi
by skim_milk 5y ago
No personally, but I think an expert could analyze a couple for pregnancy risks and other issues at least. From what I've read in the past the risk goes up a bit, but not terribly significantly, so it's best to make people at least aware of the risks. Certainly at least not to the extent to force stop people from having kids!
I think more than a third of ASD cases were estimated be linked to assortive mating in some studies, which is still a lot of cases that wouldn't happen if we changed out dating strategies! Intuitively this will only get worse with how everyone currently dates - dating until we finds the exact perfect match for our soul. The science is still very speculative but do we want time to tell?
- emodendroket 5y agoWe know for a fact that if both of your parents have African ancestry you have a higher risk of sickle-cell anemia, and if both your parents are Ashkenazi Jews you have a higher risk of Tay-Sachs. Should they also not be allowed to have children with each other? Frankly I find the notion shocking.
- User23 5y agoThere is no ethical alternative to voluntary assortative mating unless you want to legalize nonconsensual sex.
- emodendroket 5y agoWell the other one would be forced sterilizations but that doesn’t sound a lot better.
- darkerside 5y agoI think all anyone is talking about here is awareness of the likelihood. Sounds reasonable to me.