Ception

WHAT OPTION DO MEN CURRENTLY HAVE?
Currently, men have only two effective options for
birth control: male condoms and vasectomy.
However, condoms are single-use only and prone to
failure. In contrast, vasectomy — a surgical procedure
— is considered a permanent form of male
sterilization. Although vasectomies can sometimes be
reversed, the reversal surgery is expensive and not
always successful. Therefore, men need an effective,
long-lasting but reversible contraceptive, similar to
the birth control pill for women.
Researchers have been playing around with the
idea of male contraception for decades, but a
lack of urgency surrounds the issue.
Regardless of ample enthusiasm for the idea,
the fact remains that pursuing male
contraceptives like the ones described above
would involve significant effort on the part of
both male volunteers and the male-led
pharmaceutical industry. Myriad hormonal
and non-hormonal methods have been
studied at least partially, but these studies
receive little funding and almost no media
attention, and abandonment and incompletion
are rampant. Public access to male
contraception requires completed and
successful clinical trials, which in turn
require significant funds and far more
participants. Pharmaceutical companies have
expressed little interest in male
contraception, presumably because the
complex drug would not become profitable for
many years.
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