Hi, I'm Michelle Dang, filling in for Wendy Zookerman this week.

She has a tummy ache from eating too much vegemite.

And you're listening to Science vs. from Gimlet.

Today on the show, we're pinning facts against fending off fertilization.

We are taking on the male pill.

This is a topic that you've all been asking for, and it's been making headlines for years

now.

We found tons of news stories that said male birth control is just around the corner.

For the past 50 years, the responsibility of taking a daily birth control pill has fallen

squarely on the shoulders of women.

But that may soon be changing.

Scientists have announced that they've developed a male contraceptive pill that has been showing

impressive results in lab mice.

Researchers have spent decades trying to develop a birth control pill for men.

And according to a new study, they may finally be making headway.

Seems like we've been so close to having this male pill for years now with a big fat

nothing to show for it.

Is this a big tease or are we really on the edge of a breakthrough?

Because now the stakes seem higher than ever in the US.

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, which has got a lot of people thinking,

oh crap, what do we do now?

A lot of people in this country have also been looking up options when it comes to contraception

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