Talk:Dor Yeshorim

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With DY having no web presence, does anyone have a useful source that can be cited with respect to the diseases that DY tests for? JFW | T@lk 09:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rate of Carriers

Is there any information about how this policy affects the rate of carriers? I assume in the hypothetical case of a match a couple might decide not to have children. In the case of someone testing positive for 4 or more of the 10 diseases he or she will have a more difficult time finding a partner. Unless a study proves different it'd be best to state that the impact on the rate of carriers is unknown. --Zero g 18:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Choosing not to have children is not an option. First, for the most part, it's against Halacha, but more importantly Dor Yesharim only tests people prior to marriage. To your second concern, carriers are not so common in the population. So a carrier is not going to have such a hard time findind a non carrier to marry. The high incidence in the population is a relative thing (cmopared to other populations). If anything this test will increase! the carrier rate - this is because children who actually have the illness (and typically do not reproduce), are replaced with 2 children who each are carriers, and who pass it on. Ariel. 12:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)