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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Male attitudes toward family planning must change [editorial]

AUTHORS

Fornos W

SOURCE

EARTH TIMES. 1994 Apr 11;:10.

ABSTRACT

In 1980 at the UN Women's Conference in Copenhagen, pharmaceutical companies were criticized for their failure to

develop male contraceptive methods. A heated debate ensued which was ended only when a participant pointed out

that since women become pregnant and usually end up with the responsibility for rearing children, women would be

at a disadvantage if they had to rely on their partner's honesty about his compliance with a contraceptive regimen.

This is no excuse, however, for the failure to develop male contraception. It also makes no difference whether this

failure was caused by the fact that drug firms are dominated by men or that a vacuum in research was created by

differences in reproductive systems. Male attitudes towards family planning must change in order to prevent another

doubling of the world's population. The appearance of more male contraceptive methods combined with appropriate

education and promotion would help stimulate the necessary attitude changes. (PubHealth.info Document ID:

CONT2T 4068-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Male attitudes toward family planning must change

[editorial]", is(are) Fornos W. The source of this article is "EARTH TIMES. 1994 Apr 11;:10.". This article was

published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4068-06. All rights reserved with

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