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Don't Forget to Duct

Name that tape. Plus: Republican Catholics. Russert's Clark potato. The roots of French anti-American brutality and lawlessness. And more.

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/p> p> IS BIOLOGY DESTINY? br> Re: Frederick W. Larsen, M.D.'s "Artificial Fertilization" letter in Reader Mail's Addicted to the Democrats : /p>

I have no desire to dispute any of Dr. Larsen's points but to introduce one of my own.

Evolutionarily speaking, when we artificially produce offspring of couples who are naturally infertile, are we not creating another generation of people who will tend to have the same problem, and who will in turn require (to greater or lesser extent), the same assistance? Ignoring for a time the emotional side of the issue, are we not thereby inadvertently increasing the occurrence of genetic flaws?

p>Or to put it more popularly: If your parents didn't have any children (by natural means), is it not probable that you won't have any? br> -- Richard Donley /p> p> THE BLOODY BRUTAL FRENCH
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