sexual intercourse
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The WHO defines infertility as a disease of the male or female reproductive system that is defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2023
Mr. Lehrmann, 27, was charged in August 2021 with one count of sexual intercourse without consent.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
Vasyl knew his HIV could only be passed on through sexual intercourse or blood transfusion, but he was worried what would happen if his colleagues found out.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2019
Muslims are forbidden from engaging in sexual intercourse, cutting their hair or trimming their nails while in ihram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2018
His queens, though in hives deprived of males, had been fecundated, and he thence concludes that sexual intercourse is not requisite for their impregnation.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber