Sex 'just for fun' by 2050, predicts inventor of the Pill

Soon sex and reproduction will be no longer be linked as couples have children through IVF

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Sex could soon be a purely recreational activity as more couples turn to IVF to have children, the inventor of the contraceptive pill has claimed.

Professor Carl Djerassi predicts that sex and reproduction will no longer be linked by 2050, as advancements in fertility treatments mean men and women will choose to have their eggs and sperm frozen at a young age, before being sterilised.

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