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After decades of attempts to develop new birth control medications for men, scientists are more hopeful than ever. With new abortion restrictions, demand is growing, experts say.

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's for relationships. if you're with a new partner use condoms.

This is why Grindr has a Stat for when you were last tested. Straight dating platforms should have it too imo

[–] accideath@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

If you‘re sleeping around it’s a good thing, in addition to condoms. Condoms do fail sometimes. The probability of a condom and hormonal birth control failing at the same time is much lower