Contains fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to parenthood, including licensing parents, limiting the number of children in a family, mentally disabled parents, and gay couples raising children.

Couples should need a license to obtain the privilege of parenthood / Peg Tittle -- A parenting license would infringe on parents' rights / Albert Mohler -- Parents should receive incentives for getting licensed / David Tebaldi -- Equal custody should be a human right for all parents / Marilyn Gardner -- Married couples have no right to a child / William May -- The joy of parenting should be considered a privilege / Mary Beth McCauley -- Men should have the right to refuse parenthood / Anna Smajdor -- Families should not have more than two children / Dalton Conley -- Too many children may be bad for the planet / Gregory M. Lamb -- Mentally disabled people face bias in parenting rights / Ian Mulgrew -- The intellectually disabled can be good parents / Andrew Freeway -- The cognitively impaired should not be forcibly sterilized / Damon W. Root -- Physically disabled women have the right to maternity / Joanna Karpassa-Jones -- Gay couples should not be barred from raising children / Alan Hirsch and Brad Sears -- Gay fathers cherish the privilege to care for their children / Julian Sanchez.