Maybe the lab techs shouldn't be drinking so much before going to work?

Jokes aside, I'm glad this is getting visibility. It's not even about the science, everyone knows alcohol is bad for the sperm, but it's a good social-policy comment, to remind people who are having trouble conceiving that you really do want to try your best to do everything "right" to reduce the physical, emotional, and fiscal cost of the ordeal.

I'll also add that those of you who think alcohol will work as birth control...yeah, that's definitely going to be fine.

Who knew poison could lower vitality...

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Good to know my balls are looking out for me during drunk hookups

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Maybe he secretly doesn't want kids.

I always keep my fridge stocked with my male birth control

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IME - alcohol use is NOT inversely linked to pregnancies in general!

So I should just get hammered before I have sex if I have no condoms?

Alcohol is what you drink after you have the kids. Another win for scientists investigating things we all collectively knew.

But alcohol helps you get laid. Which is infinitely more odds of pregnancy than having healthy sperm and not getting laid.