The Big Apple has an estimated 3 million rodents to contend with, many of which carry disease as they scurry around the subway system and residential garbage areas. It has led embattled Mayor Eric Adams to declare a “war on rats,” and appoint the city’s first-ever “rat czar” last year.

Male and female pair of rats can result in up to 15,000 rodents within a year. It's hoped contraceptives will help with the issue.

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Oh Rats! New York City residents can easily purchase birth control, such as condoms and the Plan B pill, at local drugstores while their counterparts in more conservative parts of the country have spottier access,

Aside from mostly condoms and vasectomies, birth control options for men are limited. While there have been attempts at making similar male birth control options as female options