That… seems odd; vasectomies and hysterectomies are a specialty; there’s no way I’d want a GP or even a brain surgeon sterilizing me. And as far as specialists in the field go… are there really some that will refuse a consenting adult of sound mind?
Hell some of them don’t like the idea of guys being sterile, I’ve made jokes about how I’m probably sterile because of the abuse I put my body through and they act like I just said I spiked an infant into a rock.
read the article. please. it’s not about forcing any ol’ doctor to perform these procedures… it’s about when a doctor denies the procedures for their own personal reasons and opinions–even when it’s a treatment option for something else. someone very near and dear to me had to go to a different state because she’s (“only”) in her 20s and nobody around here would even consider it–even though another pregnancy might kill her.
That… seems odd; vasectomies and hysterectomies are a specialty; there’s no way I’d want a GP or even a brain surgeon sterilizing me. And as far as specialists in the field go… are there really some that will refuse a consenting adult of sound mind?
Religious nutters and male chauvinists don’t take well to the idea of taking away the childbearing capacity of a
broodmarepotential mother.Hell some of them don’t like the idea of guys being sterile, I’ve made jokes about how I’m probably sterile because of the abuse I put my body through and they act like I just said I spiked an infant into a rock.
read the article. please. it’s not about forcing any ol’ doctor to perform these procedures… it’s about when a doctor denies the procedures for their own personal reasons and opinions–even when it’s a treatment option for something else. someone very near and dear to me had to go to a different state because she’s (“only”) in her 20s and nobody around here would even consider it–even though another pregnancy might kill her.