Vasectomy rates suggest it’s not likely that men would take a birth control pill

After decades of research and numerous failures, there is a new hope for a male oral contraceptive.

A non-hormonal pill tested in mice was 99% effective in preventing pregnancies, and is expected to start a human trial by the end of the year. The pill won’t be available for human use for years, but it revives hopes of a better balance in sharing the contraceptive burden.

Only a couple of years ago, a likely effective hormonal contraception pill was found to have side effects that men found excessive, although they didn’t seem dissimilar from those currently associated with female hormonal contraception—including weight gain, depression, and lower sexual desire.

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