Contraception has emerged as an important health issue as the world’s population continues to rise. New male contraceptive methods are likely to become a valuable tool in addition to other resources available for family planning. Having access to a wider range of contraceptive methods will improve population control efforts worldwide. For this review, Medline, PubMed, and EMBASE searches were performed using the terms "male Contraception, male contraceptive advances, and Contraception for men" in key word searches. Hits were restricted to resources written in [what languages?] and published between the years 1966-2007.