Icymudpuppy
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So if a mother is on welfare and can't on her own make ends meet to feed her child, is assisting her "artificial support"?
Good question. If she has established a social network that is willing to voluntarily support her, that is a group survival function demonstrated throughout the animal kingdom. Voluntary support from genetically or culturally similar group members for her proven ability to contribute young to that group is evolutionarily sound.
Involuntary support for a women who is not contributing to the mutual success of a group is not a strategy for success.
I'm all for that, which is why I advocate abortion most of the time.
What's more responsible than a person who knows he/she can't afford to take care of their child and ends the deal ASAP?
It may sound more harsh than abortion, but I think she should have all the same opportunities that a wild animal gets. Nobody asks if an Opossum mother is suitable or advocates abortion for opossum babies because she can't support them all, but we also don't shed a tear when 60% of her young starve to death from lack of nutrients in the first month after birth.