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Canada to make contraceptives free (cultmtl.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Contraceptives will soon become free for women in Canada as part of first phase of the National Pharmacare Program.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, free condoms wouldn’t be that bad of an idea, not everybody can take the pill. But didn’t all male contraceptive pills so far fail trials? Not sure if it’s even still worked on…

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The newest one, YCT-529, is still in clinical trials until June so we ont hear anything till closer to the fall if not the end of the year. Shit a market value estimate of $200b+ means they are absolutely still trying.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2023/12/14/what-we-know-about-the-male-birth-control-pill-yct-529-tested-by-researchers/?sh=5b38dac5177e

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Huh, neat. But I don’t suppose that’s gonna come to Europe that soon, if it passes trial at all. Would be great tho. Am not a huge fan of condoms but even less so a fan of children…