– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

Question

– We are always hearing about breakthroughs in male birth control but I never seem to hear about it again. Why is this? Is there a reason why multiple different forms of male birth control never seem to materialize for sale?

In: Biology

Answer 1

The way I’ve heard it explained and why male birth control is hard is that unlike the female body that naturally has measures to prevent pregnancy that birth control tries to artificially induce, there is no natural mechanic to stop sperm. And considering the body produces *hundreds of millions* of spermatozoa daily, trying to disrupt that presumably involves some pretty serious measures