Sentence examples for procreative capacity from inspiring English sources

"Procreative capacity" has never been the basis of marriage, hence it is irrelevant, the judge found (infertile heterosexuals are allowed to marry, after all).

Cooper told the Justices that California had good reason to treat heterosexual relationships differently, because California cares about children, and because "the natural procreative capacity of opposite-sex couples continues to pose vitally important benefits and risks to society".

As MLive reported on Tuesday: In the brief, attorneys from Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's office say that Michigan and other states which define marriage as being "one man, one woman" have done so "to regulate sexual relationships between men and women so that the unique procreative capacity of such relationships benefits rather than harms society".

Hence, worries regarding 'life meddling' fears' in the Daily Mailrr are far from helpful, and also echo (potentially) damaging media coverage of the development of ARTs - from the (early) typification of sperm donors as 'criminal' to the fascination with Louise Brown's development and procreative capacity.

That argument could be seen as a direct response to a statement made by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who has continually argued to uphold the gay marriage ban, and said in a case brief last year that one of the purposes of marriage is to "regulate sexual relationships between men and women so that the unique procreative capacity of such relationships benefits rather than harms society".

-Jyostna Agnihotri Gupta [ 30] At the core of the 'business' of IVF is, of course, reproduction, increasingly seen as a professionalized and commercialized domain, wherein women's procreative capacity can be tested, stimulated, broken down, transferred, frozen, bought and sold.

[Laughter.] MR. COOPER: Your Honor, society's — society's interest in responsible procreation isn't just with respect to the procreative capacities of the couple itself.

In our attempt to test if and to what extent it is morally acceptable for modern people to use biotechnologies in order to enhance their cognitive, morphological and procreative capacities, we will mainly rely on the division regarding specific patterns of means of enhancement.

Qualities sought in a spouse by the interested kin in an extended family include work ability, capacity to adapt, procreative power, status, and financial worth.

Procreative sex for the age of procreation fetish.

But all children suffer, and we remain a procreative race.