Male Birth Control Research Paper

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Chloe Jane Reyes
Annie Liu
ENGL 100
May 7, 2018
Male Birth Control In The Works
Surely, countless ‘You Are Not the Father” stories on Maury, showcasing severely relieved men, prove that male contraceptive is a wanted need. And although men have equal responsibility towards the prevention of pregnancy as women, they do not share equally in the and resources. Today, available contraceptives for women include the pill, cervical cap, contraceptive implants, sponge, injection, vaginal ring, the “morning after” pill, and several other methods. As for men, they are only limited to condoms, the “pull out” method, and the unnerving vasectomy. With such limited resources, it is an unfair advantage for both men and women towards pregnancy …show more content…

Women usually release one egg per month, while men can produce 1,000 sperm per second. With the scale being much larger for men, shouldn’t men be equally, if not more responsible for prevention and regulation? Since retiring from paid employment with World Health Organization, David Sokal - M.D., chair and director of the Male Contraception Initiative, has been working as an advocate for the development of new methods of male contraception. Co-founder of non-profit organization, the Male Contraception Initiative, which is the only non-profit organization in the United States focused on developing new male contraceptives, Sokal states, “Unfortunately, there’s a basic physiological difference, and that is that it’s easy to fool the ovaries with a very low dose of hormones to make the ovaries think a woman is pregnant, and so the ovaries will stop ovulation. However, there’s no similar situation for male sperm production; there’s no normal state where sperm production stops.” This has been the biggest roadblock towards another possible contraceptive for men, and essentially the biggest reason why men are so limited in contraception options. Because of this physiological difference, it is truly easier to stop pregnancy in the women’s body itself. Manipulating hormones in the male body to prevent sperm takes a higher dosage than it would with women, causing substantial side effects that outweigh the

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