When you’re drowning in ‘life admin’, the last thing you want to have to deal with is another time-consuming task, like booking GP appointments for repeat prescriptions of the contraceptive pill or injection. Yet, aside from condoms, contraception has often been left to women, since the first ever birth control pill was released in the 1960s.
Despite coming in different forms, the pill doesn’t suit all women, and side effects can include nausea, headaches, breast tenderness and mood swings, according to the NHS.
Now, though, there may be an alternative, a ‘male birth control pill’. Although the idea has been mentioned before, various problems mean it has never materialised, but American scientists are currently testing a hormone-free contraceptive tablet for men, YCT-529, which prevents sperm production without affecting testosterone levels…
