RE: the contraceptive pill “over the counter” debate, I remember hearing that if men take women’s birth control pills, they also become infertile, but pharmaceutical companies were unwilling to go down that route. This was from a reliable source, so it’s not rumor, but I can’t remember where I saw/heard it. What I have found is this article on how pharmaceutical companies don’t think men would take well to taking pills, though they were working on a male version.