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2025-09-29 Britain

Fury after woke NHS supports first-cousin marriages despite risk of birth defects - and oppression against women

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1843 views ] Top

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first-cousin marriages explains a lot, considering the religious majorities of certain countries.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-09-29 05:40|| 2025-09-29 05:40|| Front Page Top

2 And now here, I thought the 'nobility' of Europe demonstrated the drawbacks to that process.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-09-29 10:10|| 2025-09-29 10:10|| Front Page Top

3 And highest of all is Pakistan. From the BMJ, the same site that produced NN2N1’s graph:

Consanguineous marriages in Pakistan fell from 67.9% in 2006-07 to 63.6% in 2018, with more educated and financially independent women and men able to marry for love rather than family obligation. One 2022 study reported that women with higher education were much less likely to be in cousin marriages than women with no formal education.3 And women residing in urban areas were 33% less likely to be in cousin marriages than their rural counterparts.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-09-29 11:29|| 2025-09-29 11:29|| Front Page Top

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