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How do you rescue a loved one from a powerful and destructive addiction to alcohol, drugs or even food? If the answer was obvious many of us wouldn’t be pulling our hair out trying to come up with the magic solution to the problem, and few people would be stuck in the throes of an addiction.

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.

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?