I will share what I have read, and leave you to draw your own conclusions.

The Herald Sun, an Australian online newspaper has reported on a study that cites IVF as increasing infertility in future generations.

According to the article, there has been a 30 percent increase in fertility therapies, meaning, (according to this article) that, “…infertile couples are passing on their defective genes and infertility is being embedded in the national DNA.”

The article cites growing infertility figures in Australia and around the world, saying, “A new international study has found sperm counts and birth rates are declining in developed countries, including Australia.” The article cites research done in university hospitals in Denmark and in the US and says that infertility now affects about 15 percent of couples trying to conceive.

But the statements I found most disturbing were these, “IVF and other techniques mean many sub-fertile couples who would have been forced to remain childless a generation ago can now have families…In the past, a woman with normal fertility would have had little chance of becoming pregnant if her partner suffered from such severe sperm problems - most of which are linked to defective genes. But the scientists say these genes are perpetuated as a result of the success of IVF.”

The article does go on to state that not all infertility problems are gene-related and those that are not are obviously not transmitted to future generations in this way.

…Nevertheless, it is a new and disturbing twist to the already complex issue of infertility, and leaves us all with one more thing to think about.

Linda