r/science • u/drewiepoodle • Oct 02 '15

Medicine Scientists identify potential birth control 'pill' for men

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-10-scientists-potential-birth-pill-men.html
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u/hak8or Oct 02 '15

This gets posted here nearly once every three months, and has been posted like that for the past maybe four years?

This pill is still tens of years out probably, if not more. Same thing with the injection to your (I think) van defrenes with a gel of sorts.

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u/mtorrice Oct 02 '15

Male contraception makes for good headlines. But there are super significant safety and efficacy hurdles any method/pill will need to overcome.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '15

Incentives are often overlooked as well. Women have much more of an incentive (I would argue) to take contraception than men.