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by ars 1586 days ago
Not just Israel - most Jews everywhere will use the screening. If two people are both carriers they suggest they don't marry, normally the screening is checked after the first date.

And regarding eugenics they only screen for diseases that require two carriers, because such a person can marry someone who is not a carrier. Diseases that manifest with a single copy of the gene are specifically not screened for because there's nothing the person can do in that case.