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Actually some states have toughened incest laws. As an example Arkansas this year upped the felony status of incest from a Class A felony to a Class Y felony (same felony level as rape). North Carolina also recently closed the "incest loophole". The problem is many states have laws that treat incest as a lesser crime than rape or abuse of a minor, due in part to old laws & statutes designed to discourage marriage among relatives, which have the effect of creating a loophole for child abusers within families.

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Now that Arkansas tightened the law, if a couple divorces before they have children, are they still first cousins?