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Reproductive technology is a term for all current and anticipated uses of technology in human and animal reproduction, including:

cloning (see human cloning for the special case of human beings)
artificial womb s
genetic engineering
artificial insemination
embryo transfer
in vitro fertilization
- intracytoplasmic sperm injection
hormone treatment to increase fertility
sperm filtration
embryo testing

Assisted reproduction is sometimes used as a term for fertility treatment using reproductive technology.

Contraception may also be viewed as a form of reproductive technology, as it enables people to control their fertility.

Many issues of reproductive technology have led to ethical issues being raised, since it often alters the assumptions that lie behind existing systems of sexual and reproductive morality.

Aldous HuxleyAldous Leonard Huxley ( July 26, 1894 November 22, 1963) was a British writer. Best known for his novels and wide-ranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry and travel writing. Biography Early years Huxley was born in Godalming, Sur's novel Brave New WorldThis is the article about the novel by Aldous Huxley. For the Iron Maiden album, see Brave New World. Brave New World is a 1932 dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley. The book anticipates developments in reproductive technology, eugenics and mind control that was one of the earliest works to anticipate the social consequences of reproductive technology.

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