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
During Ramadan, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sexual intercourse from sunrise until sunset.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2023
Those he cited include precedents barring states from criminalizing or otherwise blocking people from buying and using contraception; sexual intercourse between consenting adults of the same sex; and interracial or same-sex marriages.
From New York Times • May 5, 2022
“Today, a woman who wants to be a mother doesn’t need to be married. She doesn’t even need to have sexual intercourse to become a mother,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021
Moreover, religious celibacy is complicated by ascetic conceptions, and the idea of the impurity of sexual intercourse is by no means general.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
