Army rejected teen over breast-cancer gene

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl40ex5rrnko

Army rejected teen over breast-cancer gene

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Only a genetic test will tell Carys if she has inherited the Brca1 gene from her mother, Rachael

A 17-year-old has been rejected by the Army, despite passing all the selection tests, because two members of her family have had breast cancer.

Carys Holmes has a 50-50 chance of inheriting a gene fault from her mother but has not been tested for it yet.

A lawyer says the Army’s actions could be discriminatory and a serious own goal.

The Army said it was reviewing Carys’s case.

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Purely incidentally to this story, "a serious own goal"? Is that a U.K. idiom?

[Irish_Dem]

1. "Own Goal" is chiefly British:

1. a goal in soccer, hockey, etc., a player accidentally scores against his or her own team.
2. something that one does thinking it will help him or her but that actually causes one harm.

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2. Ah, makes sense. Thank you. nt

[LeftishBrit]

3. Yes. A relative of mine called the Brexit vote 'Own Goal Thursday'

(From sports matches when a player accidentally scores a goal against their own side.)

And yes, that does sound like discrimination.

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4. Thank you. nt