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A comment on New Male Birth Control Pill Effectively Prevents Pregnancy Without Side Effects. Parent comment

Re:New Male Birth Control Pill Effectively Prevents Pregnanc... by lwkl on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:16AM (#30811987)
OP is talking about preventing pregnancy not about sharing the pain or risks in pregnancy. Of course a lot of men would share these with their partner.

Women simply have a much higher incentive to prevent pregnancy because they are much more affected by pregnancy. The worst thing that happens for a man is that they have to pay alimony. Women face the risks of pregnancy and birth or an abortion.

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Re:New Male Birth Control Pill Effectively Prevents Pregnanc... by slothtrop on Saturday March 26, 2022 @10:23AM (#30812046)
> The worst thing that happens for a man is that they have to pay alimony.

You mean child support, but more accurately: men would either be faced with raising the child also, or paying a hefty sum for almost 20 years. I guess that's easy to brush off?

As for preventing pregnancy, plenty of men opt for vasectomies when they know having a kid is off the table. The rate is not as high in the U.S. as other countries in the West, but it's still 1/10.

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