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Scientists discover reversible male birth control that stops sperm production
(www.sciencedaily.com)
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dart board;; science bs
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Yeah, I'd say having a study participant trying to commit suicide because of the birth control is kinda severe.
But also look at who cancelled the study. Was it the participants? Was it the potential customers? Or was it a company that was afraid of lawsuits?
I don't like you trying to blame "the men" because some suits pulled the plug because they feared losing money.
The thing with the vasalgel/RISUG thing is that there aren't any reported side effects and it still was cancelled.
If you look at actual research, there's actually quite a demand for novel male contraception methods:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001078242400101X
I wasn't blaming "the men", it's just a fact that the side effects were severe enough to not continue taking that birth control. And it's also true that side effects aren't as much of a factor in women's birth control because pregnancy is worse than those side effects.
I even agreed that the main reason was:
I just expanded on it.