Let's talk male infertility

It’s widely known that male infertility is on the rise but men often respond to the news with shock, anger and sorrow, says Áilín Quinlan.        

THE headlines are shocking — the sperm counts of western men are in a downward spiral that poses a threat to fertility in industrialised countries.

But behind the stories warning of an almost 60% drop in the average amount of sperm produced by men in industrialised countries between the early 1970s and 2011 is a series of real-life stories of shock, rage, distress, and sorrow.