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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Exactly. Tons of options. Sex is a mutual act (last I checked), and therefore both parties have a responsibility. Don't want to use condoms, make a concerted effort with your partner to adhere to an alternate idea. Even then, condoms are not exactly the end of the world.
Then you mention trusting the partner... you don't trust the woman to take her pill, then why are you with her... and candidly, you think men are going to do better? Hell, I don't even remember to take my multivitamin everyday, I'm gonna remember to take my sperm killer pill?
Frankly, male contraceptives are a waste of precious resources. Effort should be made in helping guys NOT shoot blanks, rather than make them shoot blanks. There are so many more important things to invest time, research and resources to, rather than another Vioxx-type lawsuit in the making.
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First of all, of course sex is a mutual act... and both parties should be equally willing and able to take the initiative to prevent pregnancy. Men should have more than two options in taking part in preventing pregnancy, and they should have (as was nicely said by comrade) more self determination.
Secondly, many men in trusting and loving relationships have become fathers when they did not want to simply because the woman has the ultimate control over contraception in most relationships. This happens both by accident and on purpose. I think a good number of men would welcome the increased degree of self determination that would come with a viable long term contraceptive solution. It is certainly not as easy as "if you think she might, then dump her". Most men never suspect that their girlfriend/fiance/wife would do something like that but it happens anyway. You can call them whatever you want but it happens more often than you would think.
Thirdly, you have to be kidding me. The amount of resources in the pharmaceutical industry is HUGE. They could have done this long before now with little effort and money. Also, the lawsuit arguements are moot... if the drug is well-made it should have no large lawsuit problems... and if you want to completely avoid lawsuits then you might as well stop research into medicine altogether.
Also, I would definitely be in favour of research into restoring fertility to men who have lost it as well as into causes for losing fertility. It is also an important issue.