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StevieM

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18. It's a pretty solid and safe birth control measure. Here is the Wikipedia article about it.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #4)

Wed May 3, 2017, 01:01 PM

May 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_inhibition_of_sperm_under_guidance

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Morford: Male birth control is already here. Guess who's blocking it? [View all] niyad May 2017 OP

I'm sure Fundies HAB911 May 2017 #1

no doubt niyad May 2017 #2

Every sperm is sacred!! /nt hopeforchange2008 May 2017 #3

Damn. volstork May 2017 #39

Molford's premise falls apart when you realize that there are 200,000+ vascetomies performed in the FSogol May 2017 #4

A sperm that gets through and is "highly damaged" likely won't reach the ovum Orrex May 2017 #14

and if it is a male sperm, it won't stop and ask for directions? FSogol May 2017 #24

Probably not, but it's hard to fold a map under those conditions Orrex May 2017 #26

There's a vas deferens between between an injection and surgery Orrex May 2017 #16

Are you channeling Pinboy3niner? MindPilot May 2017 #19

I can only aspire (nt) Orrex May 2017 #29

You really seemed to grasp the problem. You could say you have it by the short hairs. FSogol May 2017 #23

Ha! Freethinker65 May 2017 #28

It's a pretty solid and safe birth control measure. Here is the Wikipedia article about it. StevieM May 2017 #18

Yeah, I skimmed an article about it a month or so ago. Looks promising, but I wouldn't FSogol May 2017 #25

Men do tend to be more..careful about hurting their reproductive parts ismnotwasm May 2017 #5

so very true. niyad May 2017 #6

Awwwwwww... bullsnarfle May 2017 #37

Then who is buying all of the penis and scrotum piercing jewelry? jberryhill May 2017 #43

I am speaking from nursing experience ismnotwasm May 2017 #46

From a public health perspective... jberryhill May 2017 #47

I'd pay Big Money to see American men lining up in droves to get an injection into their scrotums. WillowTree May 2017 #7

as long as i have the concession stand!! niyad May 2017 #8

Deal! WillowTree May 2017 #12

But wouldn't that damage the sacred elixir of male power? enough May 2017 #9

shhhhh niyad May 2017 #10

If men were able nykym May 2017 #11

"if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament" niyad May 2017 #13

thank you knew I forgot something just got swept up in the moment nykym May 2017 #15

that's okay, the point is correct, no matter how expressed niyad May 2017 #17

If men mercuryblues May 2017 #33

And everyone would be an only child Freddie May 2017 #54

YES niyad May 2017 #56

What we said a long long time ago... countryjake May 2017 #21

Birth control will really come of age when MindPilot May 2017 #20

RW nutters probably think Planned Parenthood Ilsa May 2017 #22

Add it to beer and hot dogs bucolic_frolic May 2017 #27

"Nor is it part of the $3 billion/year disposable condom industry." - yeah because unlike condoms... PoliticAverse May 2017 #30

Unlike condoms, RISUG doesn't protect against STDs meow2u3 May 2017 #32

Politic, maybe that explains the woman with the male escort oldcynic May 2017 #38

Screw big pharma, why doesn't small pharma get on it? IronLionZion May 2017 #31

Kick. Rec. Bookmark. I had no idea this was out there... Hekate May 2017 #34

I'm curious as to why the doctor is holding condoms up as an example of "female contraception". ?? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #35

I suspect the main thing holding it back is this cstanleytech May 2017 #36

Ever listen to the nykym May 2017 #40

Immaterial to the issue at hand which as of this time it has not won approval to be sold. nt cstanleytech May 2017 #48

Yes, the FDA requires that of regulated drugs... supplements and so on, not so much jberryhill May 2017 #52

That and there is no way for a woman to know a man has/is using it jberryhill May 2017 #44

A wise woman would insist on condom use Mariana May 2017 #51

I could see this being popular with married or long term couples Freddie May 2017 #55

I think it should be injected into newborn infant males. mountain grammy May 2017 #41

I hope this is a joke!!! SwissTony May 2017 #42

Yeah, but I've been thinking of a futuristic story mountain grammy May 2017 #45

It's great the way it works, but what about protection from STD's? madinmaryland May 2017 #49

Most birth control methods do nothing to prevent STD's. Mariana May 2017 #50

The intellectual property rights to RISUG have been acquired for the US by the Parsemus Foundation LongTomH May 2017 #53