Shared Risk Reframing Risk Analysis in the Ethics of Novel Male Contraceptives

The risks associated with pregnancy could be considered applicable to both partners in a couple. If you're developing or approving a male contraceptive, your risk thresholds are much clearer. You don't want the risk to be higher than those female contraceptives carry. But if your drug carries a risk that's the same or better, lower than those attached to current ones, it will be justifiable, ethically, to give it to a man.