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Scientists are on the verge of a male birth-control pill. Will men take it? | Jill Filipovic (www.theguardian.com)
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A male contraceptive is almost here – and it’ll be another test of whether heterosexual men are actually willing to share the responsibilities of adult life

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's sounds pretty promising. How does it actually function? I'm asuming it can't be hormonal considering how hard it is to block sperm production that way, which could maybe mean less (or at least different) side effects than hormonal birth-control.