Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Reproductive choices: a qualitative study of Dutch Moroccan and Turkish 
consanguineously married women's perspectives on preconception carrier screening  
 
Version: 2 Date: 02 Feb 2018  
 
Reviewer: Matthew Ez e 
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
In the INTRODUCTION the topic of interest CONSANGUINITY was not adequately explored. 
No definition was attempted. What are the different types of consanguinous marriages, not just 
cousin marriages ?  Page 15 line 53 "termination pregnancy".....of....is mis sing.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
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Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
  
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