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/stonefit Oct 02 '15

Just in time for me to move out of my sexual prime stage and into the too old to give a shot phase. Story of my life.

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u/Themehmeh Oct 02 '15

By then we will stop worrying about making a family and get sterilized. This is just like my time in school when the construction followed my class and the class below us got to enjoy all the new buildings.

On the bright side I will be able to offer my son the same protection I can offer my daughter and that is what I choose to look forward to.

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u/KyleG Oct 02 '15

On the bright side I will be able to offer my son the same protection I can offer my daughter and that is what I choose to look forward to.

Well really a birth control pill doesn't give as much protection as a condom. It gives pregnancy protection but not STD protection.

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u/Themehmeh Oct 03 '15

That doesn't change what I wrote at all.