Biden Admin Shelling Out Millions To Address ‘Racial,’ ‘Income-Based Differences In Vasectomy Knowledge’

The Biden-Harris administration is putting millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars toward a research project that seeks to address racial, ethnic and income-based differences in vasectomy knowledge.

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine professor Dr. Sonya Borrero is receiving over $1.5 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and assess the impact of a “patient-facing web-based decision aid to support high-quality vasectomy decisions.” The initiative specifically seeks to redress “racial/ethnic and income-based differences in vasectomy knowledge and access,” with the September 2023 NIHgrantclaiming “men of color and low-income men are far less likely to rely on vasectomy than white men and those with higher incomes.”

The grant also suggests a “vasectomy decision support tool” could help reduce poverty among black, Latino and low-income men as they are more likely to be involved in unwanted pregnancies.

Borrero’s research initiative consists of the development of the “decision support tool,” a 750-person study testing its effect on “the quality of vasectomy decision making,” and the identification of barriers that cause individuals not to get the procedure.