Attn: Male Birth Control - It Just Makes Sense
he burden of birth control might soon be taken off women and placed, instead, in the hands of men. The Parsemus Foundation has announced that their revolutionary new multi-year contraceptive for men, Vasalgel, could be available as early as 2017. If this form of birth control - which comes as a gel injected into a man’s vas deferens to block sperm from entering the reproductive tube - does prove successful for humans, it could significantly alter the way we view one’s reproductive responsibility.
It is often assumed that women are responsible for preventing pregnancy - a viewpoint which, at its core, is flawed and unfair. The availability of male birth control would further solidify the illogical premise of that theory altogether. In fact, male birth control would not only lift the burden of birth control from women theoretically, but also financially and physically. While female birth control pills, the most common form of birth control, cost a woman between $15 to $50 a month ($160 to $600 annually), Vasalgel only requires one injection to be effective for a long period of time and is promised to most likely cost less money than a doctor’s appointment. Without the necessity of female birth control, women will be freed from the financial obligations that come with preventing pregnancy.