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reproductive technologies  

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  • Reproductive technologies include all methods, devices, medications, or medical interventions intended to enhance or prevent human reproduction. Ancient appeals to fertility deities and early evidence of women's efforts to stop conception attest to a strong human desire to control their reproduction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Reproductive Technologies]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NMD54ZXW-0

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