# Do people have an absolute right to reproduction?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 11, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625 "2004-03-11T03:39:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625/21 "2004-03-11T19:54:44Z")

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[QUOTE=zamboniracer]  
Straw man, indeed.

The OP question was definitely answered in the following scene from 'Monty Python’s the Life of Brian"

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I still don’t see how that gets your panties in a wad about the government paying for reproductive rights. Nobody said that.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625/22 "2004-03-12T12:54:13Z")

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> Once they have finally arrived then at last we can have the male right to abortion.

Er, what? If all pregnancies were carried out in this manner, then maybe. But that seems far too complicated to be practical.

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625/23 "2004-03-12T17:44:59Z")

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> [@zamboniracer](#):
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> The OP question was definitely answered in the following scene from 'Monty Python’s the Life of Brian"

That’s exactly what sprang to my mind! 🙂

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> Every person’s right to reproduce only extends insofar as he or she can pursuade a human person of the opposite gender to cooperate with him or her in the process.

You mean the government isn’t obliged to find me someone to reproduce with? ☹

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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-have-an-absolute-right-to-reproduction/233625/24 "2004-03-12T18:41:25Z")

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If believe that men should be entitled to reproduce (if they can afford it), is this an irrevocable right? What about convicted sex offenders? Serial killers? Men with bad posture? Where (or would) you draw the line?

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