Male contraceptive pill, at last?
Has the time come for well-meaning men to share the responsibility of birth control, at last?
Israel scientists claim so. They developed the male pill, whose action, refreshingly, is non-hormonal. The new pill plays its role by jamming the biochemical machinery of sperm – in fact, by removing a vital protein in the sperm that’s required to fertilize the egg.
And, the scientists behind the breakthrough say the pills only needs to be taken once every three months and it’s 100 per cent effective at stopping pregnancy and has no side effects.
Lead scientist Haim Breitbart of Bar-Ilan University was quoted by the British tabloid – Daily Express, as saying, “The pill we are developing gives men the joy of sex without any consequences.”
Until now attempts at a “male pill” have not seen much success. Contraceptive hormone injections for men were reported to have side effects like depression, loss of libido.
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