Halt population slump by easing access to donor sperm, EU urged

World's biggest sperm bank calls for fewer regulations to revive Europe's childbirth rates

The world's biggest sperm bank has warned the EU that access to donor sperm must be improved to reinvigorate childbirth rates amid the continent's slump in population growth.

Sperm banks across Europe have closed after the enforcement of new EU regulations on staffing levels, executives at the Danish firm Cryos International told European commission officials in a private meeting.