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Title: Are disabled people ruining the gene pool by having children? Post by: lemmona on Feb 13, 2013 Wouldn't you think it would be more advantageous if people who had disabilities decided to not have children. People who have disabilities by Darwin's standards are considered not "naturally selected". Because you are weaker on the so called "food chain" you wouldn't desire to pass your undesirable traits on to your offspring. From a genetic point of view, one wouldn't want to pass their disorder on to their offspring as allot of disorders are found to be hereditary. Does it really work this way? Are people with disabilities really changing the gene pool by reproducing? If I am wrong please tell me why because I know several people with disabilities who would like to have kids but, they are scared of the consequences. If you support my hypothesis please pass on your knowledge you have to share with me. I really appreciate this as I am interested in Genetics.
Title: Are disabled people ruining the gene pool by having children? Post by: smnam on Feb 13, 2013 That train of thought has been around for a long time. Originally it was called Social Darwinism. It's also called Eugenics. The Nazis took that thought to the extreme and killed a lot of people because of it.
Title: Are disabled people ruining the gene pool by having children? Post by: Bugbaja on Feb 13, 2013 Content hidden
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