• intensely_human
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    6 months ago

    RISUG is cheap, permanent, safe, reversible male birth control.

    It was invented in 1979, and has not yet come to market.

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      It’s also completely undetectable to a reproductively abusive partner (clinical term for baby trapping). This allows the person to get their ducks in a row to leave the abusive relationship safely and for good, without alerting the abusive partner OR being trapped into being in some kind of contact for 18 years. By contrast, the closest women have is the depo-provera shot which only lasts 3 months and is arguably the harshest of all hormonal birth control options. RISUG is one of if not the best birth control method we’ve invented to-date, and we’re sleeping on it.