
Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Thousands of doctors sign a letter in support of mandating emergency abortions, Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump, and fertility founders are looking at an underserved market: men. Have a thoughtful Thursday!
- Spermpocalypse now. We're in the midst of a "spermpocalypse." That's what fertility experts jokingly call the multi-decade decline in men's sperm counts globally—a trend that's only accelerating and could lead to a future in which assisted reproductive technologies are used for most pregnancies, some argue.
A shift towards more assisted pregnancies concerns women. That's because in couples experiencing infertility today, pressure usually falls on the woman to solve the issue.