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Topic: male birth control

Male Birth Control May Be Available Soon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Male birth control is safe and effective

Matthew Rozsa
3D illustration of white damaged sperm cells swimming (Getty Images/Christoph Burgstedt)

The race for a male birth control drug

Nicole Karlis
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Promising male birth control

Gunda Georg, Jon Hawkinson, Shameem Syeda - The Conversation
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Alternatives to condoms

Valerie Tarico - Alternet
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Condoms are awful

Valerie Tarico