Europe's Infertility Time-Bomb

[Milesian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4112450.stm

[Carnyx]

The sustainability of the population of Europe is at risk because there are too few children being born
Professor Bill Ledger, Sheffield University

No shit.

Dr Allan Pacey, of the British Fertility Society, said: "Nature designed women to have children in probably their late teens and early twenties, and many women are now waiting until they are over 35.

So true... They should make children at 20. I assume that's what happened in the "old times", maybe they were younger. 20 it's not that young imo.
It's up to us.

But he said it was not too late to reverse the trend, with many countries, such as those in Scandinavia, introducing policies to encourage women to have children earlier.

Overall encourage the women to do their natural role (a noble one). And stop with this crawling feminism, enemy of both women and men, who destroy our society. In other words, to finish with this anti-naturel system and to return to a traditional system. Pregnancy is a nature gift, not the ungrateful work imposed by "evil" males. We can't have both "working girl" and pregnant women, heh it's a choice. Ah I say that and I am not even a "macho".

"Young people of today will become tomorrow's patients in infertility clinics," Professor Ledger said.

Our future looks like hell : conceive children with medical assistance. Who spoke about progress?...

"Being obese can significantly reduce your fertility as well as causing more complications when they do become pregnant

And being obese reduce significantly your attractiveness but this is another issue.

[Milesian]

"Young people of today will become tomorrow's patients in infertility clinics," Professor Ledger said.

K-ching! Start buying shares in pharmaceuticals and medical industries researching "Reproductive Technology" now. You see reproduction is currently still free, and that means a huge amount of profit is being missed. Now that just ain't right


Still, not to worry. With IVF, fertility drugs and now cloning developing nicely then the future is surely secure. Technology will provide all the answers. Have faith in Science and "progress". Everything will be fine.......as long as you are willing to pay for it. Mwuhahaha!

[Phlegethon]

June 21, 2005

Infertility in Europe to double in 10 years

By Mark Henderson

THE number of European couples who struggle to have children will double in a decade, an IVF expert said yesterday.

Four threats to fertility will increase the proportion of couples who need help to start a family, according to Bill Ledger, of the University of Sheffield and Jessop Hospital.

The rising age at which couples first try for a baby, the increase in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and obesity are all triggering infertility, especially among women, he told the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Copenhagen. There were also indications that male sperm counts and quality are in decline.

One in three couples could suffer infertility in ten years’ time, compared with about one in seven today, he predicted.

“You have an ageing population who are trying to have children later,” he said. “There is a major increase in STDs, which can reduce female fertility with a ten-year time lag. You have a huge increase in obesity, which can interfere with ovulation, and there is also the possible decline in male fertility, though this is heavily debated.

“About one in seven couples is infertile now, and put these together and it could be as many as one in three or four. It is going to become a major political issue.”

Professor Ledger said Britain was clearly going to be affected, though the situation in this country may not be as bad as elsewhere in Europe. Action to tackle obesity and sexually transmitted infections was already being taken, he said.

Family-friendly policies were also needed to ensure that young women could take career breaks to have children while at their most fertile.

“I love IVF,” Professor Ledger said, “and perform it every day. But if you could avoid it, it is worth doing so.”

[SouthernBoy]

...shouldn't you European boys be doing something other than sitting at a computer?

[Carnyx]

The same goes for you.

[Theobald]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy

...shouldn't you European boys be doing something other than sitting at a computer?

Who told you that we were not doing it ?

[Phlegethon]

I'm not, I'm Catholic.

[SouthernBoy]

Originally Posted by Duchemin

The same goes for you.

C'est illégal cependant.

Originally Posted by Der Elsasser

Who told you that we were not doing it ?

More, more, more!

[Theobald]

Originally Posted by Phlegethon

I'm Catholic.

Well I'm too (and though...) ...

[Carnyx]

Catholic by tradition.
The thing is for creation.

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy

C'est illégal cependant.

Are we talking about the same thing?