Why the Religious Right’s Obsession with Reproduction is Misguided The religious right loves to shame people who choose not to have children, but let’s break down what’s really behind their concern. Globally, 75-85% of humans reproduce at least once, but in developed nations, those numbers are lower because many prioritize personal goals, careers, or simply choose to be childfree. When conservatives talk about declining birth rates, it’s less about concern for humanity and more about the fact that their people aren’t reproducing enough to maintain their ideological influence. But here’s where the hypocrisy is truly staggering. If they genuinely followed the teachings of their own faith-like the first book of the Bible, which calls for stewardship of the Earth-their focus would be completely different. Instead of shaming individuals for who they love, how they live, or whether they choose to have children, they’d be addressing the real crisis: habitat destruction and the decline of animal species, for which they were supposedly given responsibility. The numbers don’t lie. Due to human-driven habitat destruction and climate change, 60% of animal populations have seen significant reproductive declines in the last 50 years. Species that once thrived, like sea turtles whose hatching success rates have plummeted by 20% or pollinators like bees-essential to over 75% of global crops-are facing extinction. If the religious right truly cared about being good stewards of the Earth, they’d be working to fix these habitats, not policing bedrooms and reproductive choices. And yet, they cast a blind eye to the very systems that actively destroy life on Earth. The military-industrial complex that wages endless wars, killing innocent lives, gets a free pass. They step over the damage caused by unbridled corporate greed, which pollutes our planet and exploits its resources, all in the name of profit. Somehow, they manage to ignore all of that to focus on inserting themselves into the bedrooms and doctor’s offices of others. It makes you wonder-does their religion have more to do with control than with God’s love? Because if they truly believed in their own teachings, they’d be prioritizing the protection of the Earth and its creatures, not the surveillance of personal choices. It’s time to question their selective morality and demand a shift toward actual stewardship, as their faith demands.