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Donald Ian Rankin

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20. What does 99% effective mean?

Reply to Stellar (Original post)

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 03:32 PM

Mar 2016

Is it saying that one time in a hundred sex will result in pregnancy?

If so, that's better than nothing, but still not great, especially compared with some of the things available for women.

And, unlike condoms, it won't stop STDs.

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Contraceptive Pill For Men? Scientists Moving Closer To Creating Birth Control For Males [View all] Stellar Mar 2016 OP

Thank you, god. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #1

That's the argument always given against women's reproductive choices gollygee Mar 2016 #2

I posed it as a question because I don't know if it matters. People don't care when they're drunk WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #6

Naw, it won't have any effects like that Warpy Mar 2016 #8

Equal opportunity lol WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2016 #11

Here's my thought, and what we always taught our daughters. phylny Mar 2016 #27

It would be a godsend to many married men NickB79 Mar 2016 #35

Question To Women Here ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #3

How many women do you trust who say, "I'm on the pill" snooper2 Mar 2016 #4

If The Guy Pulls a "Hit The Trail" ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #7

No consequences except for child support for 18 years NobodyHere Mar 2016 #29

If They Find Him ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #36

Virtually none of them. Chan790 Mar 2016 #10

Men would lie to get laid? JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #14

Through lack of alternatives, men have been forced to trust women for decades. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #19

Then We Disagree ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #37

It doesn't matter. Gormy Cuss Mar 2016 #28

Only an idiot "trusts" another person with their reproductive choices. Xithras Mar 2016 #41

I can just about guarantee that this will be a failure Orrex Mar 2016 #5

"Minnesota University"? mac56 Mar 2016 #9

I'm skeptical of this...but I do know that Parsemus is getting close with its Vasalgel project. Chan790 Mar 2016 #12

Condoms worked fine for us. JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #13

Your wife is there for that purpose, right? Put all the extra pills in her body. nt Stellar Mar 2016 #18

I'm not sure what you're referring to? JonathanRackham Mar 2016 #33

The doublethink in this thread is hilarious. linuxman Mar 2016 #15

Wouldn't a photo of Sarah Palin be cheaper? nt One_Life_To_Give Mar 2016 #16

Wondering what side effects it will have. . B Calm Mar 2016 #17

What does 99% effective mean? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #20

I think it's better now then it was when I first used them at 98%. But... Stellar Mar 2016 #22

Wait, what? Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2016 #31

In general, when talking birth control, effective means "per year" Thor_MN Mar 2016 #34

The problems have long been political and business - not scientific. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2016 #21

If it was real and it worked, fucks to the yes I'd take it. Iggo Mar 2016 #23

No more child support payments? Stellar Mar 2016 #24

LOL...we see the same future, it seems. Iggo Mar 2016 #25

+1 As my husband would say... Stellar Mar 2016 #26

+1 NobodyHere Mar 2016 #30

And you know damn well insurance will cover it KamaAina Mar 2016 #32

A condom isn't birth control? davidn3600 Mar 2016 #38

How about that! Stellar Mar 2016 #39

My husband will be so excited. Oh wait, since I am man, do I take it too?! Behind the Aegis Mar 2016 #40

Yep, you've ALWAYS needed both. Stellar Mar 2016 #42