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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''I still remember how it began.
''They produced a carbon copy man.
''Born in a science lab late one night,
''Without a mother or a father, just a test tube and a womb with a view.
|[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]|"I Think I'm a Clone Now"}}
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▲A [[Uterine Replicator]] is a way of growing a child outside the human body by using technology, magic, or [[Magitek|a combination of the two]] in place of the mother's womb. The reasons for this are many and varied.
Sometimes it's done to combat problems with sterility. Sometimes it's done as a means of population control. Sometimes it's done as a way to protect the mother from [[Death by Childbirth]]. Sometimes it's done to let two men [[Homosexual Reproduction|reproduce]] together without invoking [[Mister Seahorse]].
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If the child is also [[Genetic Engineering|genetically engineered]] see [[Designer Babies]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Vandread]]'', humanity has split into a planet of all males called Tarak and a planet of all females called Mejare. DNA from a couple is manipulated to give a new baby. On Tarak, this means a factory birth, while on Mejare, the baby is implanted in the womb to be born normally. This makes them effectively a pair of [[One-Gender Race|One Gender Races]], though normal breeding could be resumed. Note that these are not the only colony worlds left, just the main ones we see.
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** In the science fiction novel ''Ethan of Athos'' (part of the Vorkosigan Saga by the same author, but Vorkosigan does not appear in the novel), the planet of Athos is populated entirely by men who grow babies from frozen ovary tissue cultures using artificial wombs. Children are usually reared by couples in an informal kind of marriage.
** Also, the Cetagandan Haut-lords in the Vorkosiverse reproduce entirely without sex or even coupling being involved... In fact, the parents may never even meet or make any decisions. Every child is created through contracts arranged by high-ranking family members, frequently with positive genetic alterations added, then the baby cooked up in a replicator and handed to the appropriate parent. The Haut are practically considered a superhuman sub-race at this point, though a good number of their enhancements are [[Awesome but Impractical]] aesthetic improvers.
* "Tubing," the practice of bringing babies to term in artificial wombs, is a matter-of-fact staple of medicine in ''[[Honor Harrington]]''. It's considered a way to let women reproduce without making invalids of them for several months.<ref>Eleven-plus, actually; one of the less lovable side-effects of the anti-aging Prolong treatment</ref>
** The attitude also varies amongst different cultures. In particular on Beowulf, a planet famed for it's medical research establishment, tubing babies is very uncommon for cultural reasons.
* In the ''[[Commonwealth Saga]]'' by Peter F. Hamilton, people can opt to have children via Womb Tank rather than give birth naturally.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Paranoia]]'', everyone is grown in a clone vat, and 'decanted' rather than born.
* Most Dark Eldar in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' are grown in amniotic tube. The elite are called Trueborn because they are created the traditional way.
== Video Games ==
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