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_l4lu on March 4, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Female Founder Secrets: Fertility

The chances of having a kid with a serious disorder go up dramatically for older mothers (and recent research shows this is true for fathers too). Even if we decide only to care about economics and not the kids health, health issues are expensive.

andi999 on March 4, 2021 [–]

Can you point to the 'dramatic' risks for older fathers? Usually it is a minor change in chance blown up by sensational press.

_l4lu on March 4, 2021 | [–]

First hit on Google: https://www.webmd.com/brain/autism/news/20100208/autism-risk...

77% increase seems pretty dramatic to me.

Matticus_Rex on March 4, 2021 | | [–]

That stat is for mothers. He asked for fathers.

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