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• n  the act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.)
• n  the introduction of semen into the genital tract of a female

• In the last few years, artificial insemination of human beings has become a highly successful science.
• Artificial donor insemination, he held, is adultery and is contrary to public policy, and the offspring is illegitimate.
• That was artificial insemination of their armies, of a sort.

News & Articles

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• First penguins born using artificial insemination
  SAN DIEGO— It could be called, one of the cutest scientific breakthroughs ever seen. For the first time ever, penguins have been conceived and hatched using artificial insemination and it all happened at SeaWorld San Diego. They’re cute, fluffy and …
  June 7, 2013 - FOX 5 San Diego
• Penguin Breakthrough
  The first penguins in the world conceived through artificial insemination.
  June 6, 2013 - NBC San Diego
• Religion news in brief
  CINCINNATI (AP) - A jury found an Ohio archdiocese discriminated against a teacher fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination, leaving legal experts expecting an appeal they say could have a much wider legal impact.
  June 6, 2013 - The Log Cabin Democrat

Quotes

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• Panos Zavos in KOLD-TV
  Zavos says, "Placing the semen inside the vaginal cavity when they receive it is not a rocket engineer's type of a procedure. But, in spite of that, we warn them that artificial insemination is a physician-prescribed procedure."
• Jennifer Lopez in USA Today
  Parties to a civil union who use artificial insemination to conceive a child can be treated no differently than a husband and wife, who, unable to conceive a child biologically, choose to conceive a child by inseminating the wife with the sperm of... William Cohen http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cohen&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGk0FbuA-RUSi7dGSN1mkPCImtl8A Houstonvoice.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.houstonvoice.com/blog/index.cfm%3Fstart%3D11/18/04%26end%3D11/25/04&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFmPHoSMx3xmlGmfFfclGR4RRkGDQ Nov 23, 2004 52200 69526 insemination The conflict, whatever that obstacle is, has to be interesting enough. The artificial insemination here, it's such a modern thing," says Lopez.