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The social acceptance of reproductive technologies grows in the age of AIDS.

Date: 1985

AIDS
RHRR

When doctors realize they can essentially "quarantine" sperm by freezing them and testing donors for HIV before using the sperm, it expands the market for reproductive technologies. It also continues to raise ethical questions about the deselection of diseases and conditions before birth.