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Male contraceptive pill is step closer as faulty gene found

telegraph.co.uk — Hope for new infertility treatments and a male version of the contraceptive pill is a step closer after doctors found a faulty gene linked to poor sperm.

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  • drethedog, on 04/03/2009, -5/+73I was stuck in traffic yesterday and just kinda thought it would be fun to masturbate. It was sunny and clear out, so I was worried one of the other drivers would see me, but my Jeep is pretty high off the ground, so I think no one noticed. I busted a nut and aimed it down, ruining my tweety bird floor mat. I felt kinda stupid after and my mom kept silent the rest of the drive home. It was awkward and I regret it.
  • Hetman, on 04/02/2009, -1/+58If there is a reliable male contraceptive in this country. Unplanned pregnancies would go down by like 90%. I cannot wait until that day.
  • ATL, on 06/20/2009, -0/+42...but STDs would probably increase.
  • RumpleForeskin3, on 04/03/2009, -0/+31Here's to no more pulling out!
  • itsthemechanic, on 04/03/2009, -6/+33If this works.. how will women ***** men over then?

    Hahaha owned bitches.
  • Suricou, on 04/03/2009, -0/+18Not that it worked to begin with.
  • gitargr8, on 04/03/2009, -1/+18You don't need to pull out if its in the butt.
  • tgjerusalem, on 04/03/2009, -0/+16It's interesting how perceptions of male birth control pills have changed recently.

    It used to be talk about birth control options was concerned with women calling for shared responsibility, against male discomfort at the prospect of their sperm not working (even temporarily).

    Now guys seem to be more likely to see it as leveling the playing field by giving them methods of protecting themselves from unwanted procreation that women have already had for decades. You don't have to worry about whether your partner remembered their pill that morning, because you know you remembered yours.
  • solid12345, on 04/03/2009, -2/+17We've just witnessed the death of the human race, 100% of males on the pill!
  • hellbAsement, on 04/03/2009, -4/+17male contraception has been around for ages , it's called MARRIAGE xD
  • Greengoo, on 04/03/2009, -1/+13I just spilled my coke on my keyboard thanks to you.
  • byoung2, on 04/03/2009, -0/+12What what, in the butt!
  • chanop, on 04/03/2009, -2/+13It's basic physics. If she's on top she can't get pregnant
  • ezflip, on 04/03/2009, -1/+12How practical? That would be the most practical pill EVER! Most of the time, it is the guy that does not want the kids. Usually when a woman gets prego and claims she is on the pill, it happens because she "forgets" to take one or seven of them. This would totally take all the trust out of "honey, did you remember to take your pill tonight?" ***** that, I took mine, so lets get it on!

    I had my scare a few months when my girlfriend (now ex) wasn't taking her pills. She ***** up and told me she forgot to take one, so I looked at her package, and yeah, she "forgot" to take two weeks worth. I was scared ***** for the next month. Thankfully, she was not prego, but I promptly dumped her untrustworthy psycho ass because of that. This pill would have saved me a lot of *****!
  • Kate1240, on 04/03/2009, -6/+16The radical feminists are angry about this.
  • Suricou, on 04/03/2009, -0/+9Give the drugs companies another twenty years. If the demand is there, then there is a good chance they will come up with something. Two of them already independantly came up with vaccines for HPV - a few refinements, and that's one STI down.
  • inactive, on 04/02/2009, -1/+10-->no more paternity suits lol
  • ezflip, on 04/03/2009, -0/+9That was the most disturbing comment I have ever read! I applaud you.
  • ftotheill, on 04/03/2009, -0/+8I'm confused, am I on digg or FMyLife?
  • azbmr, on 04/03/2009, -0/+760% of the time ALL the time, right?
  • fuckupedoslut, on 04/03/2009, -0/+7Once, just once, I'd love to hear a guy say "I'm on the Pill".
  • Hetman, on 04/03/2009, -0/+7No because men still want to have kids. It will just allow them to plan better. Which really if you are planning on having kids you should do it when you are capable of supporting them.
  • dazparkour, on 04/03/2009, -0/+6That's one big leap of faith - lots of men want kids and to be honest, wouldn't you rather have less kids on born on the whole if it meant the remaining kids were ALL being born to families that wanted them, planned for them and could afford them?
  • failtrain, on 04/03/2009, -0/+6But killing grown babies makes such a mess...
  • azbmr, on 04/03/2009, -0/+5You assume all pregnancies in the US are unplanned. :P
  • JebatGa, on 04/03/2009, -2/+7In the future i will be able to say im on the pill and then call women next day saying: ***** baby i forgot to take the pill. Then i will be abel to se the panic in their eyes. Hahaha
  • matthekc, on 04/03/2009, -0/+5I thought there was a man pill?

    I thought I remembered some company working on it years ago saying that it was coming soon.
  • twystoffate, on 04/03/2009, -1/+6They can be angry all they want once they get back in the kitchen.
  • byoung2, on 04/03/2009, -1/+5I've been fooling girls for years with the old "Trust me babe, I'm on the pill" line!
  • brim4brim, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4One has to worry about the hormonal effects of a male pill. Will it reduce aggression etc...

    Because if so, Halo 3 sales are fooked!
  • TechnoRabbit, on 04/03/2009, -1/+5I've seriously forgotten to take a pill, but there was a panicked 'holy ***** *****, am I going to get pregnant?!' freak out accompanying each and every forgotten pill. You can't get pregnant by missing a pill, or even four or five in a row. There's placebos in a pack of birth control pills. During the 'period', which isn't really a menstrual flow, the pills give you, it's caused by going off of the pills as you take the placebos. In fact, it's perfectly fine to skip the placebos and live period free for a while, though doctors are careful to tell you that the effects are not known over prolonged usage in this way.
  • tgjerusalem, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4It's *sperm.* No babies. No fetus. Not even a goddamn fertilized egg. There is no viable complete human DNA involved because the sperm never found the egg in the first place.

    If anything, more and better contraceptive options that work by stopping sperm and egg from meeting in the first place should be championed by the anti-abortion crowd! It's stopping people from accidentally making unwanted fetuses in the first place!
  • ratherstupid, on 04/03/2009, -1/+5Good. Planet is overpopulated anyway.
  • inactive, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4Don't worry honey...... I took the pill.
  • eMximeR, on 04/03/2009, -1/+5Vury nice sir many diggs 2 u
  • drex8, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4If this happens, then some pharmacists in the US will refuse to sell it or issue it. Like they already do with the women's pill.
  • Greengoo, on 04/03/2009, -1/+5I would take this the second it was proven safe and FDA approved.
  • AbbasJin, on 04/03/2009, -0/+4"I'm on the Pill" honey!
    lets do it!
  • CaptainNoPants, on 04/03/2009, -2/+5"But daddy plays poker and drinks lots of beer,
    And then he wants sex that involves mommy's rear..."

    -SL
  • gcnaddict, on 04/03/2009, -1/+4<anamexis> oh man
    <anamexis> I was opening a coke, right
    --> Beefpile (~mbeefpile@cloaked.wi.rr.com) has joined #themacmind
    <anamexis> and it exploded
    <anamexis> ALMOST all over my keyboard
    <anamexis> but I got it away just in time
    <-- Beefpile has quit (sick *****)
    <anamexis> :<
  • McReynolds, on 04/03/2009, -1/+4I want all my little buddies swimming supercharged like Phelps.
  • coheedcollapse, on 04/03/2009, -2/+5Actually, when done correctly, pulling out has a reasonably high success rate.

    Nothing compared to contraceptive pills or condoms, but it "works".
  • sewerraccoon, on 04/03/2009, -0/+3You sir just won one internet
  • inactive, on 04/03/2009, -1/+3Children of Men
  • ShoujoKakumei, on 04/03/2009, -0/+1Yes, they're much tastier in stew if allowed to grow to a full 9 months gestation.
  • twystoffate, on 04/03/2009, -0/+1Can I get the depo shot alternative? My memory is shot, and I don't think I'd remember to take a daily pill.
  • gitargr8, on 04/03/2009, -0/+1Who knew that sperm poverty was such a problem?
  • Kate1240, on 04/03/2009, -1/+2Thank god you didn't say lance armstrong..
  • ezflip, on 04/03/2009, -1/+2@ azbmr

    Yes, 85% of statistics are made up 65% of the time.

    So, take that for what it's worth.
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