Here’s The Remote-Controlled Microchip That Will Replace Birth Control

 by Dom The Conservative

With the advances in science and technology being paired with medicine, liberal women may no longer have to worry about demanding businesses pay for their birth control pills. Instead, they may be receiving a contraceptive microchip that is implanted under the skin.

MIT researchers says they are nearing the release of a microchip that releases birth control hormones automatically into your blood stream every day for up to 16 years. This type of technology would make daily pills, patches, and shots irrelevant.

The remote controlled-drug delivery chip would be implanted in the abdomen or back. The patient would then have the ability to switch birth control hormones on and off with the remote, or as a pre-programmed schedule.

The research and implementation is being funded by none other than one-percenter Bill Gates through the family planning unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

However, the technology isn’t being limited to birth control:

So far, the chips have been tested in a human clinical trial, delivering osteoporosis medication to post-menopausal women over a one-month period, demonstrating that the technology works, producing no adverse immune reaction, and demonstrating the durability of the chip. The device was implanted using a local anaesthetic, and the procedure took no more than 30 minutes.

Still, the idea of pre-programmed birth control could potentially be used by worried parents:

Parents could theoretically give it to their (sexually active) teenagers in high school so they won’t have to worry about them dealing with family planning issues until they are well past their grad school years.

While the technological breakthrough could change the way we administer treatment and medicine, some have reservations:

And, then, of course, there are the moral and philosophical issues. Contraception and birth control are one of those hot-button issues that can drive normally rational people crazy. Plus, let’s face it, the idea of implanting a microchip for such an extended period — 16 years — could lead to all kinds of unexpected scenarios and use cases.

And the fact that the contraceptive chip is wirelessly controlled by remote raises the specter of all kinds of security risks. If you think the problem of “revenge porn” is only getting worse, what about the future risk of “revenge pregnancy”? Others have warned of the risks of “ovarian hacking” if groups of hackers get their hands on these wireless, remote-controlled devices.

While research develops, there are still many unanswered questions: What are the long-term risks? Will this be an option through Obamacare? Will the microchip store data?

Although clinical trials are set to begin in 2016, the device will not be released for purchase until 2018 at the earliest.