A 37-year-old member asked:

Can condom kill sperm?

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Dr. Gerard Honoreanswered

Fertility Medicine 30 years experience

No: Unless it's a condom with spermicide, no.

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Dr. Heidi Fowler

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Dr. Clarence Lyonsanswered

Family Medicine 21 years experience

No: Condoms do not kill sperm. If they have spermicide added, the spermicide can kill sperm.

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A 32-year-old member asked:

Do condoms have stuff on them to kill sperm?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 26 years experience

Check the condom: That you are buying to see if it has a spermicide or not.

4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

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A 40-year-old male asked:

How long can sperm in condom live if put into a household refrigirator or freezer? ( For days? Weeks? Months?) Or does it die in hours?

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A member asked:

I met with my boyfriend on the first of April with condom so I don't know may be the condom is burst because I notice some sperm in my Virginia,?

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A 33-year-old male asked:

While removing my condom, i suspect that i spoiled sperms to the toilet seat. After about half hour, my wife sat on the seat. Can she be pregnant?

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A 17-year-old female asked:

How long does sperm live outside the body if not ejac. into a woman? The condom was removed, but I was wondering the remaining sperm on the penis.

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A 19-year-old female asked about a 22-year-old male:

Girlfriend claims she got pregnant with sperm from my condom i thought that once it hits air sperm dies. Is this possible or is the "baby" not mine?

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