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 AgreeableLandscape   ( @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml )  to Science@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year

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A Birth Control Pill for Men Could Start Human Trials This Year

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 AgreeableLandscape   ( @AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml )  to Science@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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The non-hormonal pill was 99% effective at preventing pregnancy in mice, new research found.
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  •  MarcellusDrum   ( @MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml ) 
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    Great news, and solves a major problem. If this works and have higher chance of working than condoms, it will have a lot of other social implications as well.

    •  foxglove   ( @foxglove@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Maybe not as much as you think, since condoms prevent a myriad of sexually transmitted infections and diseases.

      •  MarcellusDrum   ( @MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml ) 
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        Yeah never thought of that aspect. And pills + condom would be an overkill the vast majority won’t do.

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      The only reason condoms don’t work is that people get drunk and fuck without them.

      Otherwise their effectiveness is on par with hormonal birth control. It hasn’t been that there isn’t any effective birth control… it exists, people just don’t want to use it to any great degree.

  •  CoinOperatedBoi   ( @CoinOperatedBoi@lemmy.ml ) 
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    non-hormonal

    But what if I want a hormonal pill? I just gotta take more e and hope the infertility kicks in?

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