Some men know from an early age that they do not want children. Providing these men with incentives and financial aid to receive vasectomies would be an effective way to help prevent unwanted pregnancies. This would positively affect women's health and could possibly be a long term poverty reducer. It would also be far less likely to draw the scorn of people who oppose "family planning" and contraceptive efforts, as vasectomies do not affect an unborn child and are preformed on men rather than women. For the men who change their mind later, they would have several options available. They could adopt a child, have sperm removed, or they could have the vasectomy reversed. This policy, if enacted, may also spur new research into male specific contraceptive efforts.



