sperm

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Most of the studies on sperm count are meta-analyses, which are studies of studies.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

While many experts agree that sperm counts are likely lower than they were decades ago, it is less clear how much influence a declining sperm count has on the country’s falling birth rate.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Florida law also allows non-biological fathers and mothers to establish their parentage via contractual consent when they conceive using donated sperm, eggs, or embryos.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Second, the attorney general asserted that Article 1, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution bars biological parents—like egg and sperm donors—from transferring their parental rights to another party.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

They travel down from egg to newborn; a few come in with the sperm, but most are maternal passengers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas