Why is there no “birth control” for men? Women have multiple options; pill, IUD, etc. But for men, we only have options like a vasectomy or condoms, spermicide lube. Is there a reason why there hasn’t been a “birth control pill” for men?

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Why is there no “birth control” for men? Women have multiple options; pill, IUD, etc. But for men, we only have options like a vasectomy or condoms, spermicide lube. Is there a reason why there hasn’t been a “birth control pill” for men?

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Women have a natural system to shut off ovulation during pregnancy. Many kinds of female birth control tap into this system, basically fooling the body into thinking it’s already pregnant.

Men don’t have an equivalent pre-existing system existing to halt sperm production, so there are fewer easy ways to do birth control.