Health & MedicineBetter male birth control is on the horizonMen could have more options within five to 10 years if regulatory hurdles are cleared Scientists are cautiously optimistic that men will soon have new forms of birth control.Arik RoperBy Fred Schwaller36 seconds agoIn 1960, a new drug revolutionized society from the bedroom to the streets. The introduction of a hormonal contraceptive, the birth control pill, gave women reproductive autonomy and a more effective way to plan a family. Since then, many more options have arrived: different pill formulations; hormonal implants, patches and vaginal rings; IUDs and barrier methods.But over the last 60 years, exactly zero new options have been developed for men. They are stuck with only two choices, condoms or vasectomies. Both have their issues: Condoms, their relatively high failure rate (as high as 12 percent); vasectomies, their permanency. Neither offer men the same level of fertility control as options for women, says Alexandra Joice Berger, a urologist at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston.