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procreation

[proh-kree-ey-shuhn] / ˌproʊ kriˈeɪ ʃən /


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Procreation is allowing an extension of your own body to face the world alone in all its innocent vulnerability.

From The Guardian • Apr. 19, 2019

Procreation was a meaningful part of why men chose to donate sperm.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2018

Procreation is “the umbrella under which the other aspects of marriage are nurtured,” they wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2011

In 2002, Argentina’s Congress dismantled an 11-year ban on the use and sale of contraceptives when it enacted the National Law on Sexual Health and Responsible Procreation.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2010

It is these two, the Art of Love and the Science of Procreation, that, together, make married life a success.

From Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise by Long, H. W. (Harland William)




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