REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Reproductive Rights

Reproductive Rights

In this universal natural order, men and women are believed to be natural dichotomous opposites that complement one another, pairing up into monogamous units to produce and care for biological offspring (although historical and cross-cultural versions of natural law have also sanctioned polygamy and male infidelity). When variations on this contemporary ideal of monogamous heterosexuality and nuclear family reproduction exist, social conservatives provide an explanation that does not recognize that the natural order has a diverse array of sexual and familial expressions. Rather, those who take a conservative standpoint on marginalized sexualities may feel that the natural order ...