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The Sperminator

New Injection for Men Could Shake Up World of Contraceptives

It's the boys' turn. After millennia during which women have had to take most of the responsibility for family planning, a new, easy, and inexpensive injection could get men into the game. That would be a nice change of pace for couples in industrialized countries. But in developing nations -- where an inability to control fertility leads to serious health problems for women, financial burdens on poor families, and excessive exploitation of natural resources -- it could make a world of difference. That is, if pharmaceutical companies don't thwart the procedure's spread. Audrey Schulman gets the inside scoop on the latest alternative to the Pill -- only in Grist Magazine.

  • only in Grist: The sperminator -- new injection for men could shake up world of contraceptives -- by Audrey Schulman in Main Dish

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