{"id":982,"date":"2012-10-23T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T09:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.better2know.co.uk\/?p=982"},"modified":"2024-02-23T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:15:47","slug":"male-contraceptive-pill-gets-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/male-contraceptive-pill-gets-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"Male Contraceptive Pill gets closer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>For years the talk of male contraception has centered around women saying &#8220;I&#8217;d never trust him to take it&#8221;. The male &#8220;pill&#8221; is now a step closer.\u00a0 An injection which stops sperm from being able to swim as far has been developed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-1024x518.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7738\" width=\"768\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-1024x518.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-1536x777.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/pills-2-2-2048x1036.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many women use the reason that they do not want to get pregnant, to get a new partner to wear a condom.&nbsp; The advent of the male pill may see more women being pressured to having unprotected sexual intercourse.&nbsp; This could lead to an increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/page\/std-sti-testing\">STIs and STDs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This research is from Monash University in Australia.&nbsp; Scientists have found a way to stop the sperm from swimming, by reducing the length of its tail.&nbsp; Initial experiments have proven to be very successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor O&#8217;Bryan told the Sydney Morning Herald: &#8220;The challenge with developing the male pill isn&#8217;t rendering the sperm infertile, but turning them back on again.&#8221;&nbsp; This treatment can be programmed to just work in the testes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>55% of men said that they would take a male contraceptive pill. A British study published in 2010, found that women did not trust men to take a contraceptive pill every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are worried your partner may have given you an STD or STI, please contact Better2Know on the number above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years the talk of male contraception has centered around women saying &#8220;I&#8217;d never trust him to take it&#8221;. The male &#8220;pill&#8221; is now a step closer.\u00a0 An injection which stops sperm from being able to swim as far has been developed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[20,14],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[925,2783,644,704,1492,983,629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7992,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/7992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.better2know.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}