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Old 10-20-2004, 08:47 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ustwo


I don’t' think you understand what Darwinism is. In its true form, Darwinism isn't survival of the fittest in terms of being smarter, stronger, faster, whatever. Its the ability to reproduce. It doesn’t matter how you do this, as long as your genes get passed on to the next generation. If you do this by 'victimizing the weak' or setting up a daycare facility it doesn't matter, as long as you have kids who in turn reproduce.

Now lets take abortion. Abortion is limiting someone’s reproduction. Without abortion they would have a child who would pass on their genes in turn. With abortion this does not happen. As far as Darwinism is concerned these people may as well be infertile as they do not have any viable offspring.

Those more inclined to have children will, while those who are not won't. As a long trend this could very well effect human evolution.
If you didn't notice, I was being more then a little facetious in my earlier post.

Darwinism, or natural selection to be more specific, is about the interplacy between the biological traits of organisms and their environment. Creatures that are better adapted biologically to their environment will proliferate, those that are poorly adapted will not. The human practice of abortion is hardly a biological trait and has little to do with the subject.

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