joreth: (Nude Drawing)
That's right, it's not just science-fiction or wishful thinking anymore:

http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/28iit.htm

""We have been trying to develop a non-surgical male contraceptive for ten years now. The contraceptive works through an injection that affects the sperm's ability to fertilise. Simultaneously, we have also invented an antidote which guarantees its immediately reversibility."

I am looking forward to its full disclosure at this convention to more fully understand it's success rate and side effects.    

**UPDATE**

Thanks to a comment in one of the other places I posted this, here's a link for more detailed information of how it works.  A very, very simple explanation is that it electrifies the vas deferens so that sperm gets blasted apart as it travels through on its way out.

That's WAY cool!

Date: 4/5/08 05:54 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] summer-jackel.livejournal.com
DEEPLY AWESOME!!!!!!

Date: 4/5/08 07:50 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] dorklord07.livejournal.com
It should also be noted that the injection is expected to be marketed in India at a cost of 200 Rupees, which, thanks to here (http://coinmill.com/INR_USD.html#INR=200) makes that about $5 USD.

Which makes it a hell of a lot cheaper then birth control, even if the the US distributors ratchet the price up (we're probably looking at about $50 per injection, I'd say. Though some groups may jump on it.)

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