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To: markomalley

Whenever a child is born as a result of IVF methods, the biological/genetic flaws that prevented the parents from conceiving naturally are preserved in that child. So that instead of being weeded out naturally, these genes remain to be passed on to the next generation.

I wonder how many generations it will take before natural conception becomes a rarity in certain groups, i.e. the “rich” who can afford IVF. (Not many, and this is calculable by extrapolation from the current rate of IVF use.) Meanwhile, the poor who cannot afford IVF will continue to conceive naturally (but they are overwhelmingly targeted by abortionists). Those who fall for abortionists’ hard sell tactics become less likely and less able to have live children later on. So, among those unable to afford IVF, the ones with the strongest parental instincts are passing on their genes.

The logical outcome is a future with two groups of human beings—one, highly intelligent, unable to reproduce naturally, and the other, not so intelligent, but able to breed without problem. The sociological consequences will no doubt be interesting, but I am not at all certain that this is a future we want.


6 posted on 07/28/2014 4:21:44 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exDemMom

**Whenever a child is born as a result of IVF methods, the biological/genetic flaws that prevented the parents from conceiving naturally are preserved in that child. So that instead of being weeded out naturally, these genes remain to be passed on to the next generation.**

I didn’t know this. Thanks.


9 posted on 07/28/2014 6:37:45 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: exDemMom
The logical outcome is a future with two groups of human beings—one, highly intelligent, unable to reproduce naturally, and the other, not so intelligent, but able to breed without problem.

I remember seeing a documentary about that. I think it was called Idiocracy.

10 posted on 07/28/2014 7:53:21 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
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To: exDemMom
Shades of 1984.
11 posted on 07/28/2014 8:04:50 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: exDemMom
Michael Crichton wrote a book, SPECIES, a few years before his death. It delved into the issue of possible gene splicing with other species to enhance certain traits. The issue of what constitutes being human gets blurred.

I don't wonder if it will happen. I wonder if it has happened. I'll use your statement: "I'm not sure this is a future we want".

13 posted on 07/28/2014 8:14:55 AM PDT by grania
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