World's biggest sperm bank issues donor warning amid low birthrates

BRUSSELS - The world's largest sperm bank has recently warned the European Union that access to donors must be improved to reinvigorate the continent's birthrates, media reported.

Fertility rates have steadily declined from the mid-1960s through to the turn of the century in EU member states, according to figures provided by Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency.

In 2015, the total fertility rate in the current 28-member bloc was 1.58 live births per woman, said Eurostat.