Reproductive technology
Reproductive technology is a term for all current and anticipated uses of
technology in
human and
animal reproduction, including:
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 Huxley's novel
Brave New World was one of the earliest works to anticipate the social consequences of reproductive technology.
