2007-01-23 11:37:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
In Georgia that is.
2007-01-23 11:47:45 · update #1
none.
2007-01-23 11:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the “Marriage Blood Test”?
Some people believe that the premarital blood test is to check blood types to be sure you and your future spouse are biologically compatible. (So far, there is no test to determine whether you are otherwise compatible!) While checking the blood type may be helpful in the event of pregnancy — and it is routinely checked then in case a transfusion is needed and to check the Rh type — it is not part of the routine premarital blood test. It is perfectly safe and acceptable for a person of one blood type to marry another with the same or a different blood type. Another myth is that the required blood testing is to make sure you and your betrothed are not related.
In fact, in most locations, the standard premarital blood tests check for evidence of syphilis (now or in the past) and rubella (German measles). Screening for other diseases in future newlyweds has in some cases included tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and HIV; of these, only HIV can be detected by blood tests. Only two states have passed legislation requiring HIV testing before marriage, but those laws did not last long at least in part because of very low detection rates.
2007-01-23 19:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the state. A lot of states do not require a blood test.
2007-01-23 19:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think it depends on what your State requires. My son said he didn't get a blood test when he got his marriage license. In the olden days, back in North Dakota we had to have blood drawn to make sure we didn't have syphilis or gonorrhea (I don't think that it was for the State to make sure I wasn't marrying my cousin).
2007-01-23 19:42:44 · answer #4 · answered by Darby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They don't make you take blood test to get married anymore. I think it use to be to determine if you were related or not.
2007-01-23 19:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by rhonda y 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow I didn't know they still did that. But it's to check genes to make sure your not blood related (inbreeding) or at least thats how I understand it.
2007-01-23 20:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by LAC_27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's to check for STDs.
2007-01-23 19:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by tony1athome 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋