The following comes from a Dec. 5 story on ABC-TV in San Francisco.
A Bay Area group is hoping to begin clinical trials on a technology they believe could revolutionize birth control. It’s aimed at men.
For millions of men, condoms or a surgical vasectomy are the two choices for male birth control. But now, a Bay Area group believes it could be close to offering an alternative.
“It seemed crazy that here was sitting a better method and nobody was developing it,” said Elaine Lissner of the Parsemus Foundation.
Lissner is a birth control advocate who is spearheading the development of Vasalgel. Vasalgel is like a gel vasectomy. It mostly blocks sperm and pretty much filters them out,” said Lissner.
As seen in this animation provided by the group, Vasalgel is injected into the vas deferens, the tube that sperm swim through.
Once in place, it works like a filter, allowing fluids to pass, but not the larger sperm. Researchers say it’s proven effective in preventing pregnancy in animal testing.
But the gel has one more intriguing advantage according to developers. Unlike a vasectomy, Vasalgel is designed to be easily reversible.
Lissner says a second injection is used to dissolve the polymer, theoretically allowing men to become fertile again.
Her group recently received a grant from the Packard Foundation, and is raising additional money, with the goal of conducting human trials as early as next year.
If approved, advocates believe the gel could revolutionize birth control for men.
“So it’s kind of a reproductive rights issue. They want control,” said Lissner.
Lissner says early testing has shown no side effects.
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Sounds rather anti-evolutionary to me…rather than let the biggest and strongest tadpoles swim their way to first place, only the smallest and slowest will have a shot. I thought all these tedious, anti-God scientists were against a designed universe when they’re constantly trying to create one themselves. I’m sick of the whole lot of them…utterly driven to control life, utterly unable to create, just destroy and pervert what God has made. What a bunch of deadbeat bores…Dr Frankensteins who like their spiritual father can only pursue one goal in life__pretend they are gods, when in reality they’re more like the slow little retched tadpoles beating out their superiors by chicanery and deceit.
I should have put an asterisk by *superiors.
*A good plumber, a fireman, a priest, et al, any of which are far more necessary to the future of humanity than the creators of vasagel.
These men are not mature. A mature single man dates a woman with respect, and lives a good, honorable, chaste life. A married man who is mature, welcomes children and fatherhood, as part of the couple’s Marriage Vows. Men who seek immoral birth control, so they can all be immature, self-centered playboys– are a big waste of time, and women should avoid them! Such immature men do not want a real woman, they want only their own lawless pleasure, like big babies. They all need to be taught SELF-CONTROL, the necessity and value of hard work, unselfishly giving of themselves to help society, the proper mature, moral limits of all things in life, and the true meaning of GROWING UP TO BE A REAL MAN– with maturity in Marriage Vows and Parenthood! Absolutely NOTHING in this world is “FREE,” and EVERYTHING requires MATURITY, HARD WORK, COMMITMENT TO DOING THINGS CORRECTLY— and RESPONSIBILITY!! I have been wondering, since about the time right after the death of President Kennedy– JUST WHEN ARE ALL OF YOU GOING TO GROW UP??
I used to call the men of my generation Peter Pans, Linda, long before it became a common expression. From what I’ve personally experienced, Linda Marie, I’d say NEVER NEVER…hence the expression, never, never land. Like you, I’ve often pondered at what happened to the men who are now in their sixties and seventies and like you, I’ve often connected it to the death of President Kennedy, but then I remember what little whiny weenies they were in grade school…so unlike my older brother’s age group who took on so much responsibility at so young an age. Actually, my brother totally agrees with us Linda Marie. It’s a mystery!! I blame the inadequacy of these men for the woman’s movement…women were sick and tired of having to take over the role of men and just took over period. The eighties were the time of all those bodice ripper romance novels too…women were so desperate for strong men. I don’t care if no else agrees with us…you’re soooooo right!!!!!! :)
….stats proved that business women were the biggest fans of the alpha hero escape romance novel, too, Dana. Interesting. No beta-male, Alan Alda type for the female CEO. At least not when it came to living the fantasy and being able to relax.
Count me in with Linda Marie and Dana on all of the above.
The devil hates life. He will stop at nothing to keep children from being born or being conceived. Unfortunately, since the 20th Century, all types of means have been developed and used to prevent life, and MOST people are in favor of this tragedy. May God have mercy on us, and may Our Lady protect us from what will happen because we are fooling around with God’s design.
Wow. A male contraceptive that’s nearly 100% effective? This could decimate the abortion industry, and re-define “pro-choice”.
Seriously, I don’t think many men will succumb to this injection. They are pretty resistant to “messing with their equipment” and would rather women be responsible for birth control.
Fr. Karl is right. Satan hates life and all that is good.
An injection? In the vas deferens? Only men whp fear paternity suits will do this.
The Devil at work again!
All of the so-called “men” need to GROW UP! STOP being big babies, lazy, immature “mama’s boys” to the media, and to sickening, ugly, “juvenile delinquent” rock “music!” The “forever teenager subculture” needs to be destroyed! It was created originally, in the post-war era, in a growing, affluent America, as a MARKETING GIMMICK, to kids with money in their pockets, and no responsibility! These kids should have all been taught and guided to grow up, bypass the new “teen culture,” and imitate their Mom or Dad, exactly! Be proud to become an adult, step right into those adult shoes– and voila! You now are all ready to go out and live your adult life, responsibly and successfully, with good, common sense! NOPE– you are NOT a “FOREVER BABY,” to be stuck by an ignorant, materialistic society, into a “forever juvenile delinquent,” irresponsible beatnik or hippie subculture! With a future of only immature, immoral, “forever a babyish playboy,” in a world of free birth control, and endless “BABY PLEASURES” and NO RESPONSIBILITY!!