has caused us all to re-ask: Are there birth control pills for men? Once you do a quick Google search and confirm that the answer is no—still no, after decades of scientific advancements and social progress—you’re left with so many more questions.
The naggiest one being, why aren’t there male birth control pills? In 2022, the nonexistence of a male contraceptive pill feels like a glaring inequity and societal failure, especially when you pause and consider that the first contraceptive was introduced in 1950.
Yep, that’s nearly three quarters of a century ago. Since then, birth control technologies for women have expanded to include a wide variety of options to meet each individual’s needs.
Yet here we are looking at the same two birth control choices for men that existed in the days of I Love Lucy and Father Knows Best: condoms or a vasectomy.
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