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For every woman who has marveled at the innate capacity for repetition exhibited by small children, toy dogs and adult males, the news is nothing short of stunning.

If Julian Salvulescu had his way many of us would be much better versions of ourselves today or not even here at all. The Oxford professor of practical ethics is an outspoken proponent of something he likes to call, “procreative beneficence.”

For women, who have traditionally borne the heaviest burdens of responsibility when it comes to babies — making them or preventing them — the idea of an effective birth control pill for men sounds like the most welcome idea since the invention of cookie dough ice cream.

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How far will reproductive technology go in the future? Will women one day be able to have children whenever and however they want? Will sex--even men--be necessary?