manny78 said:A good read for everyone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenic
What we have instead is a systemized program of dysgenics. Modern medicine is keeping people with dangerously defective genes alive long enough to contribute to the gene pool. We're going to continue to see an increase in the frequency of congenital conditions such as muscular dystrophy, achondroplasic dwarfism, Marfan's Syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and other such genetic disorders.