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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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(Etienne van de Walle et al., second 1982 edition)
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[[en-II:pre-marital examination]] [[ar-II:فحص قبل الزواج]] [[cs-II:předmanželské vyšetření]] [[de-II:genetische Beratung und Untersuchung]] [[es-II:certificado prenupcial]] [[fr-II:certificat prénuptial]] [[it-II:certificato prenunziale]] [[ja-II:婚前検査]] [[pt-II:exame pré-marital]] [[ru-II:Добрачные обследования]] [[zh-II:婚前检查]]  
 
[[en-II:pre-marital examination]] [[ar-II:فحص قبل الزواج]] [[cs-II:předmanželské vyšetření]] [[de-II:genetische Beratung und Untersuchung]] [[es-II:certificado prenupcial]] [[fr-II:certificat prénuptial]] [[it-II:certificato prenunziale]] [[ja-II:婚前検査]] [[pt-II:exame pré-marital]] [[ru-II:Добрачные обследования]] [[zh-II:婚前检查]]  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:35, 5 February 2010

Pre-marital examination  (PRE-MARITAL examination)


A distinction was made between positive eugenics 1, aimed at increasing the number of persons believed to have desirable characteristics, and negative eugenics 2 aimed at restricting the reproduction of persons expected to transmit undesirable characteristics or hereditary defects 3. Much attention has been given to the discussion of eugenic sterilization 4, i.e., the sterilization of persons likely to transmit undesirable characteristics to their descendants. Objections to this measure have been raised on moral grounds and also because of its relatively low efficiency in reducing the frequency of recessive genes (912-6). Among the measures proposed, pre-marital examination 5 may be mentioned; this is designed to give couples intending to marry information about the probable quality of their offspring, so that prospective partners to dysgenic marriages 6, i.e., those likely to produce defectives, may be warned. More...