II.   Life

Reproduction is the term used to define a range of different natural processes by which parent organisms produce new “offspring”.

There are two (2) primary forms of reproduction in accordance with Natural Law being asexual and sexual:

(i) Asexual reproduction is when an individual member of a species can produce offspring without the help of another from the same species; and

(ii) Sexual reproduction is when two (2) individual members of a species, usually one (1) male and one (1) female each contribute gametes (sex cells) that then combine to produce the embryo offspring.

Organisms that reproduce through asexual reproduction tend to be simpler and less complex and grow exponentially in vast numbers. However, their ability to adapt rests on the species as a whole and not individuals and so may be vulnerable as a whole species.

Organisms that reproduce through sexual reproduction tend to be more complex and produce small numbers of offspring. However, the relatively large DNA variations between the species produced during birth afford a number of the species greater adaptability and less vulnerability.

Organisms that reproduce sexually must normally reach a point of physical sexual maturity and mental maturity before they are capable of not only conceiving offspring but providing the optimum care required.

The earliest combined sexual and mental maturity for a female or male of the Homo Sapien species for any sexual contact and sexual procreative contact is sixteen (16) years of age.

While the biological development of the female of the Homo Sapien species means that sexual procreation activity may commence as early as the age of fourteen (14), the absence of mental maturity means such an age is inappropriate physically, mentally and socially.

Any statute that permits sexual procreative activity between members of the Homo Sapien species earlier than the age of sixteen (16) years is prohibited, reprobate, suppressed and not permitted to be revived.