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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:12 PM
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New male contraceptive Pill with no side effects
Men could soon be able to use a 'male Pill' that has no side effects, scientists have revealed.

The chemical implant acts as a contraceptive but does not change the balance of a man's sex hormones.

Scientists have discovered a substance that can temporarily block the development of sperm without altering testosterone levels and without causing unwanted side effects.

They hope human trials of a new contraceptive for men based on their discovery could begin within a few years.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=413524&in_page_id=1770
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:14 PM
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1. Do you think the men will really use it?
LOL! :sarcasm:
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Giant Robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:15 PM
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4. Umm
Hell yes if there are no side effects!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:16 PM
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5. Too bad men can't get a "morning after pill."
:dunce:
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boolean Donating Member (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:19 PM
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8. You bet I would!
There is nothing, I repeat, NOTHING scarier than hearing those three words: "Honey, I'm pregnant".

Next to getting an STD, of course.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:20 PM
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10. I doubt it, maybe someone who is real rich or something to protect his interest
but the average joe, no, if man was the one to have to give birth probably
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:48 PM
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22. "baby, are you taking medicine? are you sick?"
"Oh, no honey, this is just a vitamin, don't worry about anything."


LOL
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 02:10 PM
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23. I definitely would
However, I think the real question here is:

How many women would trust a man who said that he's taken his pill that day?
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lumberjack_jeff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:14 PM
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2. Yay! n/t
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:14 PM
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3. Unlike women's contraception...
A male contraception pill will immediately be covered by all insurance plans and Talibangelical preachers will be pushing it as "the Christian duty of every devout man."
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splat@14 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:23 PM
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14. "talibangelical"....I like it. I've been looking for this word, thx!
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:25 PM
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16. and available for 25cents in vending machines
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:39 PM
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20. Actually......
it probably won't get covered by insurance plans because
the Talibangelical preachers:freak: will push:
"it's the Christian duty of every devout man to have a quiver
of as many babies as the lawrd gives you" :crazy:
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:16 PM
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6. They still won't use it.
"But...but...it's my penis!
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:18 PM
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7. So men won't be able to get pregnant if they're on this pill?
Quite a breakthrough.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:19 PM
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9. Men WILL use it.
Cheaper than child support.

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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:20 PM
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11. Jebus sez Every Sperm Is Sacred!!
Edited on Tue Oct-31-06 01:21 PM by hippiechick
Why that thar' artyfishul contraception goes agin' everthin' the Good Book (praise Jebus) stands for!

:spank: Cue: Monty Python ... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9002085385040727366


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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:20 PM
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12. Trust me Honey .... baby .... lamb chop ... I am on the pill
Edited on Tue Oct-31-06 01:22 PM by Botany
:rofl:

BTW I promise to call you later too.

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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:21 PM
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13. Ah, but today there is DNA! Not like the old days.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:24 PM
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15. It can't be mine was on the pill
:rofl:
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:25 PM
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17. The right to BIRTH groups will fight to keep it out of US markets
Can't be killing those sperm, one of them just might become an embryo someday and embryo's are sacred
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:32 PM
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18. Good. And it puts the avowedly anti-contraception "pro-life" movement in a double bind.
When they come out against it, as they have to to remain ideologically consistent, they'll be forced to acknowledge that their real agenda is to stop all non-procreative or unmarried fucking.

And they'll be in the uncomfortable position of telling men what they can do or not do with their own bodies, and not only women. :eyes:
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:38 PM
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19. Everything has a side effect, nt
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 01:44 PM
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21. That's the scary thing about it,
it's too early to tell if there are any side effects.
Maybe the guys will start growing breasts or something. :wow:

:silly:
Or worse yet....the dreaded.....oh, you know!:scared:
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-31-06 02:24 PM
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24. About damn time!
:woohoo:
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