(せいしょくえんじょぎじゅつ Assisted Reproduction Technology)
Ethicists and religious groups are opposed to unnatural selection. Nuala Scarisbrick, of Life, said it was wrong to reject a potential new human being on the grounds of their gender. "Any kind of interference with the process of conception is wrong," she said.
`Boy or girl? Let machine sort the sperm', in the Guardian, 05/Jul/2001.
ARTとも呼ばれる。 日本では毎年1%の子供が生殖援助技術を使って出産されるという (一年間に産まれる子供の数は約120万人)。