https://gizmodo.com/a-once-a-day-male-birth-control-pill-shows-promise-in-h-1823890390
One of the latest experimental candidates for a male birth control drug is a compound that would be taken much like the daily birth control pill available for women. A pilot study presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting suggests that the compound—called dimethandrolone undecanoate (DMAU)—can be safe and effective in human test subjects.
[...] DMAU is meant to act on the same receptors as testosterone and progestin. But it seems to be more easily absorbed by the body and longer-lasting. That theoretically means a single dose a day (when taken with food) should cause sterility without leading to other serious consequences, the authors say.
[...] The few side effects Page's team observed were weight gain and lowered levels of HDL cholesterol (the "good" kind). But they feel a tweaked dose could alleviate these symptoms. Importantly, the pill didn't seem to cause any other lasting symptoms of low testosterone. Eight men in the treatment group did report lower libido, but the effect faded away after treatment had ended.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @06:48PM (9 children)
Much like democracy it's the least worst option.
Unless you think you have the right to force a woman to get a medical procedure...
(Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:03PM (7 children)
There is no reason you can't be pro-choice and still against things like this: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/02/statutory-rape-victim-child-support/14953965/
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:39PM (6 children)
...against things like Alleged Statutory Rape Victim Ordered To Pay $15,000 In Child Support [huffingtonpost.com]
And yes, statutory rapists should not be entitled to child support from their victims.
Statutory rape is a crime, though, and you are innocent until proven guilty of said crime.
Making a rape victim pay child support may sound cruel and unusual, but an official for the Arizona Department of Economic Security said assuring support for the child is the main priority.
The only exception, Newser reports, is when the parent suing for support has actually been convicted of sexual assault with a minor — and Olivas never filed charges against the alleged abuser.
So the law handles the case where a statutory rapist wants child support while also acknowledging innocence-until-proven-guilty. Like I said, the least-worst-option...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:50PM (5 children)
There's no question of guilt here, however. Given his age, and the age of his daughter, there can be no question the crime took place. Unless it's really not his daughter, in which case she's committing fraud.
This is FAR from a least bad option. It's an absurdly bad, society-destroying option, in fact.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @09:55PM (4 children)
There is no statute of limitations on statutory rape in Arizona. [rainn.org]
If he feels he was the victim of a crime he needs to file charges.
If he can't be bothered what exactly is the legal system supposed to do about it?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Tuesday March 20 2018, @10:16PM (2 children)
The issue is the responsibility. If (as the statutory rape law and many others presume) that he was not capable of giving consent to the initial sex act. When she found out she was pregnant, he was not even informed. It was her choice and hers alone to bear the child, she had no obligation to even let him know he had a daughter, but somehow it's his responsibility to pay her child support because she raped him? That's absolutely absurd. Just reverse the genders and no one would tolerate it for a second.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday March 20 2018, @11:14PM (1 child)
..but somehow it's his responsibility to pay her child support because she raped him?
No he doesn't, that's my whole point. The law explicitly says he does not need to pay if she raped him.
However, he does need to show up at his paternity case to defend himself. Or, he can file rape charges and get out of the payments that way (if she's convicted). He did neither.
What definitely won't happen is the court system gaining telepathic superpowers and judging his case based on arguments he has never made.
(Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday March 21 2018, @03:41PM
"The law explicitly says he does not need to pay if she raped him."
No. An employee at the Arizona Department of Economic Security says it's the current policy of that department to not file charges if she raped him. That's something quite different from the law actually saying so. His department is not the only entity which can file such a suit, and there is nothing to stop his department from changing its policy at any time as well. The law explicitly says that he can be made to pay for his genetic offspring with no regard whatsoever to the circumstances of their conception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermesmann_v._Seyer
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-12-22/features/9612220045_1_pay-child-support-child-support-behalf
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 21 2018, @10:21AM
Wait, since when is rape handled in a civil suit?
For criminal cases, it's the job of the state to prosecute, not the victim. And in the case of statutory rape, it should be pretty easy: The information and evidence to get her awarded child support is the exact same as what's needed to convict her of rape. She can't claim that he is the father without admitting statutory rape, at which point it becomes the states job to prosecute, without him needing to file any charges.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 20 2018, @07:14PM
I think it's not right to force an unborn baby to have a medical procedure on its body that involves blending him or her. When our technology advances a bit and we can keep the baby alive outside the female's body by taking her uterus with it, I would say losing your uterus would be a fitting punishment for getting knocked-up and not wanting the baby. You are guaranteed to not make the same mistake again!