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Article: Male birth control offers men option on fatherhood
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- December 8, 2004
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Robin Grodin
University Wire
12-08-2004
(Daily Forty-Niner) (U-WIRE) LONG BEACH, Calif. -- In the not to distant future a male birth control contraceptive could be available to any male who wants it.
Currently, all that is available to men who wish to control their options against future fatherhood are condoms, which cause sensation loss, or a vasectomy, which is almost always irreversible. In contrast, women have many options including the birth control pill, the morning after pill, a diaphragm and a new patch.
Why the imbalance between the sexes? In order to control a woman's reproductive capabilities the contraceptive must control the release of one egg per month. A man's reproductive ...