"I'm feeling depressed. I have infertility."
Why does this sound strange? Because fertility used to be something not that you "have," but rather something that you are (infertile). "I have infertility" implies that it is some sort of curable disease (which, in some cases, I'm sure it is, but in many other cases, one's fertility is by-passed, and we call that a cure, such as in the case of IVF).
In this vein, another fabulous line I've heard on the radio is something to the effect of, "You've given money, now give life. Donate eggs and enjoy monetary rewards." Please, make up your mind--appeal to human greed or to human generosity, but it doesn't really make sense to appeal to both in the same line.
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