sperm

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He said more research needs to be done to identify the cause of declining sperm counts, but research on animals has shown that certain chemicals disrupt the endocrine system.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

There is no systematic tracking of sperm count or national effort to monitor semen health in the United States.

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

How could a father’s sperm “absorb” the instructions to produce his daughter’s “generative parts,” Aristotle asked, when none of these parts was to be found anywhere in the father’s body?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee