Family Law: Reproductive Rights

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
1.   A person's reproductive rights are limited.
2.   Technology (power) never confers a legal right.
3.   Legal authority must precede the use of technology.
4.   All means of reproduction are not equally valid.

CONTRACEPTION
1.   Children are not a curse, but a blessing.
2.   It is the right and duty of parents to have children.
3.   But families are accountable only to God for this.
4.   If contraception is wrong, it is moral only, and not criminal
5.   It is not for civil gov't to prescribe or prohibit contraception

TEST TUBE BABIES
1.   Man's authority is limited to procreation - not creation
2.   By what authority does man manipulate genetic information?
3.   By what authority does man manipulate multiple embryos?
4.   By what authority does man use embryos for research?
5.   What are consequences for in vitro fertilization?

SURROGACY
1.   The authority to bear children follows sexual authority
2.   Sexual authority is limited to married couples - one man, one woman
3.   Sexual authority is not a matter of contract law
4.   By what authority is a second woman (surrogate mother) introduced?

SINGLE MOTHER INSEMINATION
1.   No individual has the natural right or ability to bear children.
2.   No civil government can confer the right to bear children.
3.   The mere power to bear a child artificially confers no authority.
4.   By what authority can any unmarried woman conceive a child?