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What diseases are prohibited from marriage in 2018
Time:2025-08-28 Views:746
The diseases that are considered in medicine as unsuitable for marriage mainly refer to the following six diseases in judicial practice:
1. Sexually transmitted diseases. Such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, condyloma acuminatum, genital candidiasis, genital herpes, molluscum contagiosum, lymphogranuloma of the venereal disease, inguinal granuloma, vaginal trichomoniasis, AIDS and other uncured venereal diseases. People with sexually transmitted diseases not only suffer themselves but also infect others, causing great harm. Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to get married.
2. Severe mental illness (commonly known as "epilepsy"). The main types include schizophrenia, manic-depressive psychosis and other severe mental illnesses. People suffering from this disease are legally regarded as having limited or no capacity for civil conduct. Such patients are unable to fulfill their marital obligations normally after marriage, nor can they take on responsibilities towards their children. Moreover, it has a strong hereditary nature, accounting for up to 50% to 60%, so marriage is prohibited.
3. Severe mental retardation (commonly known as idiocy or dullard). People suffering from this disease cannot distinguish right from wrong. Sometimes they cannot even recognize their own relatives, let alone take on family responsibilities or fulfill their marital obligations. Moreover, it has a strong hereditary nature. For the sake of the quality of the national population, marriage should be prohibited.
4. Those who have not been cured of other types of infectious or genetic diseases should also be prohibited from getting married.
5. Leprosy. This was clearly stipulated in Article 6, Paragraph 2 of the previous Marriage Law. Of course, with the advancement of medical science nowadays, leprosy is regarded as merely a common chronic infectious disease. Moreover, there are now relatively good treatment plans available. This disease is now preventable and treatable, and is no longer terrifying. Therefore, the new Marriage Law no longer explicitly stipulates this disease through legislation. However, in medicine, it is still believed that those who have leprosy and have not been cured should not get married, as leprosy is a contagious disease.
6. Regarding whether people with physical defects (i.e., those without sexual capacity) can get married, the first part of the Marriage Law has made prohibitive provisions. However, since physical defects are not diseases and are neither contagious nor hereditary, they pose no harm to society. So when the Marriage Law was revised in 1980, this regulation was abolished and the principle of "willing but not allowed" was implemented. That is, if one party knows that the other has no sexual capacity but still wishes to marry them, the marriage registration authority will not "interfere". However, if one was unaware of the deception before marriage and discovers it after marriage, they can file for divorce on this ground. The court, after verification of the facts, ruled to grant the divorce. The legal basis is Article 32, Paragraph 3, Subparagraph 5 of the Marriage Law, which stipulates: "Where other circumstances lead to the breakdown of the marital relationship, a divorce shall be granted."
In the previous text, the editor of Fan Neng Law Firm introduced to you the relevant content about the diseases that prohibit marriage. To safeguard the health of future generations and the nation, the state has stipulated through legislation that people suffering from diseases considered by medical science as unsuitable for marriage are prohibited from getting married. The most reliable measure to prevent marrying someone with this specific disease is to have a premarital checkup, but it must be done at a designated healthcare institution to ensure the quality of the premarital checkup. Sichuan Faneng Law Firm is dedicated to serving you.