Scientists at Cornell University may be closing in on the long-sought “holy grail” of male contraception: a safe, reversible, nonhormonal method that completely halts sperm production. In a breakthrough mouse study, researchers used a compound called JQ1 to temporarily shut down meiosis—the critical process that produces sperm—without causing lasting harm. After treatment stopped, sperm production bounced back, fertility returned, and the animals produced healthy offspring.
Now I’m curious if irreversible methods are considered “birth control.” It seems redundant to write “reversible birth control,” but maybe I’ve been using too narrow a definition. I consider IUDs to be birth control, but not vasectomies. The distinction is the level of effort required to reverse.
If completely irreversible, is that not considered sterilization?
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I had a vasectomy because I don’t want any more children, I think that counts as birth control. Anything that prevents conception is contraceptive in nature.
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So, sterilization is a subset of birth control methods.
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Sterilization is birth control ya ding dong