The United Kingdom ‘s publicly funded health service has deleted recent guidance in which it noted “benefits” of first-cousin marriages and warned against “stigmatizing certain communities” for the practice.

NHS England’s Genomics Education Programme released the guidance, titled “Should the UK government ban first-cousin marriage?” on Sept. 22. The guidance asserted that cousin marriage has been “practiced for centuries across many cultures” and questioned the prudence of banning it.

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