We are developing a comprehensive guide on the global opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights.

This chapter, the first of several, concentrates on analyzing the religious and conservative opposition to sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States, and how one American group in particular is driving their agenda forward around the world.

When taken as a whole, opposition groups, both around the world and within the United States, are made up of a vast array of different cultures and belief systems. Many hold opposing views and may be hostile to each other on a number of different issues. However, the one uniting conviction they share is their staunch opposition towards sexual and reproductive health and rights.

This chapter begins by looking at the mindsets and attitudes of the anti-choice movement and will present an overview of those involved: religious fundamentalists, authoritarians and those who have a strong social dominance orientation.

As a whole, this chapter seeks to explain the mindsets of those individuals and groups opposed to sexual and reproductive health and rights, how they operate, and to explore what we must do to ensure that basic human rights are maintained.