/channels/taxonomy/term/19721/all en /channels/channels/news/opinion-impending-fertility-crisis-requires-urgent-action-313278 <p>Responses should include prioritizing funding for research on male infertility and making assisted reproductive treatment more accessible.</p> <p>Despite headlines about the labour shortage and aging population, people remain strangely unaware of this impending fertility crisis. As well, infertility is wrongly perceived as a female-only health issue. It’s urgent that we move to ensure fair and equitable access to fertility treatment. <b>Prof. Sarah Kimmins </b>(AnSci) and Montreal attorney <em>Joël Roy</em><em> </em>in the <i>Montreal Gazette.</i></p> Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:37:16 +0000 webfull 157623 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dr-zelkowitz-quoted-time-magazine-article-292907 <p>Infertility is almost always thought of as a woman’s issue, and it’s true that women bear the greater burden of it. And yet up to 50% of cases in which couples can’t have babies are due in some way to men. More men are talking about it now, but it remains stigmatized, especially in the U.S. Men are largely absent from public conversation around infertility, and even those who have looked for support hesitate to identify as someone struggling with male infertility.</p> Fri, 04 Jan 2019 21:54:14 +0000 webfull 144595 at /channels