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Re: More Election Bad News?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 3 Nov 2004 22:24:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Wayne McCaul wrote:
> Throwback?
> I’m pretty sure I had to get a blood test when I got married way back in the
> dark ages of 2000. The way I understood it was to make you aware of any Rh
> incompatibilities - which can be an still issue as far a having children (Rh-
> positive mothers w/Rh-negative babies).
It’s the other way around, with Rh- mothers and Rh+ babies, since the Rh factor
is a dominant trait, and an Rh+ mother cannot conceive an Rh- baby (barring
extreme and unlikely genetic mutation, that is).
> But what do I know, I’m still living in a cave. ;)
At present, only a tiny handful of States and D.C. still require a blood test,
and according to this page that I just found, most are only concerned about
syphillis, and the remainder are only concerned about ruebella. No States
require premarital Rh tests, and apparently none ever have. It’s still a good
idea to get checked for Rh factor (unless you know for a fact that one or both
members are 100% sterile), as they have developed techniques that allow the baby
to be safely carried to term in this sort of situation (up to and including
inter-uterine transfusions and forced premature delivery), and as stressful a
process as that must be, it has to be infinitely preferable to going through a
pre-natal death. Regardless, I was more referring to the fact that in the past
you could be denied a marriage license for reasons that are no longer considered
to be valid, such as the days when interracial marriage was illegal in much of
the US, for fear of “polluting” the gene pool or some other silliness.
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| (...) Throwback? I'm pretty sure I had to get a blood test when I got married way back in the dark ages of 2000. The way I understood it was to make you aware of any Rh incompatibilities - which can be an still issue as far a having children (...) (20 years ago, 3-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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