POLL: Are men ready to take the contraceptive pill responsibly?

The idea of a contraceptive pill for men has been kicking around for years, but will we see it in our lifetime? Katy Harrington goes in search of the latest research and asks if women would trust their partners to take it.

THE latest scientific hope in the search for an effective male contraceptive pill comes from researchers at the University of Minnesota.

Although they’ve made progress in finding the exact chemicals needed to bring about temporary infertility in men, we’ve seen headlines heralding the male pill as a ‘step closer’ since the 1990s.