[ noun ] the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring <noun.act>
Procreation \Pro`cre*a"tion\, n. [F. procr['e]ation, L, procreatio.] The act of begetting; generation and production of young. --South.
A tax rebate of $20,000 ($10,695 U.S.) is promised to couples who have a second child before the mother is 28. Similar "procreation incentives" are offered for third and fourth children.
Ceausescu instituted the abortion ban in 1966 to encourage procreation.
When Leviticus was written, Geslin said, "the Israelites were instinctively concerned with maximizing the probabilities of procreation.