Why we need more methods for male contraception

Andrology. 2023 Mar;11(3):421-424. doi: 10.1111/andr.13343. Epub 2022 Dec 2.

Abstract

The US Supreme Court decision against abortion has once again triggered the call for male contraception. However, in addition to existing methods, there are further reasons why pharmacological reversible easy-to-use male contraception should be available. Green activists and environmentalists have to recognize that overpopulation consume resources. Medical progress results in increasing life expectancy and must be combined with contraception. Sharing the risks of contraception among partners and "Reproductive Autonomy for All" are ethical issues. The resistance of the pharmacological industry to becoming partners in male contraception must be overcome by public financial subsidies and popular demand.

Keywords: life expantancy; male contraception; overpopulation; reproductive autonomy.

MeSH terms

  • Contraception* / ethics
  • Contraceptive Agents, Male*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pregnancy

Substances

  • Contraceptive Agents, Male