assisted reproduction

noun

the use of medical techniques to bring about the conception and birth of a child, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, egg and embryo donation, and drug therapy.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1975–80

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That includes a complete overhaul of a 1996 state law that forbids the misuse of sperm and embryos in assisted reproduction, but that doesn’t specifically call out physicians.

From Voice of San Diego

Part of the reason for this gap may simply be time: Assisted reproduction has only been around, after all, for 30 years.

From The Daily Beast

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