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in vitro fertilization

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in vitro fertilization
Fertilization of an egg outside the body of a female by the addition of sperm, as a means of producing a zygote.
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The document goes on to lament couples "willingly made sterile" through the use of artificial means of birth control and to condemn attempts by same-sex couples to marry and have children through adoption or in vitro fertilization.
Vatican family council goes on the offensive by Cones, Bryan / U.S. Catholic
Positive eugenics promoted artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and genetic engineering.
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It would use normal in vitro fertilization procedures, but before the sperm and egg fused, the components of a nucleus from a human embryo created by a man and a woman would be implanted into the unfertilized egg.
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