Sorry, April, there are no "male pills" yet.

Yes, there is a social and cultural bias at work to
explain why more time and money has not been put into
it. Many people still falsely believe men in general
will not get on and stay on the male pill. Why they
believe this, I do not know. It's been my experience
that men are far more nervous about unwanted
pregnancies in general than women, perhaps because
women have a whole lot mor epost-conceptive options
(at least in the western world) than do men, and men
have no legal say in what happens post-conceptively in
terms of assumption of liability for the child (while
women have all the say; see http://www.nas.com/c4m/ ).

Surveys show that men in many cultures are
enthusiastic about a male pill and will be more than
ready to get on and stay on it (see
http://www.malecontraceptives.org/myths.htm ).

Edinburgh University is doing research on a male pill
(see http://www.obg.ed.ac.uk/CDN/ ). Also, read the
file "Implanon.pdf" in the Group's "Files" section for
a clinical study report that indicated near-total
sperm suppression in the men in the study.

Some believe we are only a few years away from such a
pill being available. A lot of unwanted babies can be
born/aborted in that time, though, and a lot of lives
disrupted by unwanted pregnancy.

Just like clean fuel power, we should have and could
have had a male pill a long time ago. But certain
powers that be (in both cases) don't like the idea....

In the mean time, just use at least two forms of birth
control.

Matt


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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 08:48:47 -0000
From: "anorhanian" <anorhanian@...>
Subject: Looking for male BC pills

Hello,

I'm new to this group. I am a 30 year old female who
has been on the
pill since I was 16. It has worked fine for me,
however, after very
irregular cycles in the past few years, I have decided
to go off the
pill for a while. It's only been a month since I've
stopped taking
the pill and so far, and surprizingly, I feel great!
My hormones are
doing their own thing. As a result, my sex drive has
increased and
I'm more lubricated during sex!

So, my fiancee and I have decided to search for MALE
ORAL
CONTRACEPTIVES. From what I see on the internet, it
is still very
experimental or just not popular.

IS THIS AVAILABLE? AND IF NOT, WHY?

I would hate to think there is a cultural/gender issue
regarding male
oral contraceptives. After all, Can it be that
difficult for medical
science to come up with something that safely makes a
male's sperm
temporarily sterile?

My fiance and I are not ready for children and are
both willing to
share the responsibly for birth control.

Any information regarding male birth control is
greatly appreciated.

Thanks
April


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