This article about a woman who voluntarily (and irreversibly) sterilized herself to avoid the possibility of pregnancy speaks first of all to the Dobbs issue and Roe, but also to the question of "transition" procedures. How so? Well, the woman apparently had her fallopian tubes removed completely at age 24, making it impossible for her to ever change her mind. It is, really, the sterilization equivalent of "bottom surgery", and she notes that the doctors did not ask her if she really, really wanted to make that decision so young.
In other words, the notion that a doctor needs to consult with the patient before doing something irreversible seems to be disappearing, and that has especially bad implications when we consider that many states are protecting (sometimes it seems like encouraging) teens to "transition". Really, massive lawsuits (or far worse) seem likely as we remove the barriers that historically ensured that "transitioning" people really wanted that done.
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Perhaps we could STOP REPEATING HISTORY please? Sterilization abuse is sterilization abuse...
What a sad decision to make so young. I can recall when a young wife I knew wanted her tubes tied. Back in the early 90s, she still had to ask her husband. Now wives can abort without consent.
Expecting doctors to offer sound and balanced counsel in these cases is asking too much now. It's almost never going to happen that way so can we kill this whole, "A woman with the 'counsel' of her doctor" stuff? Besides, he's a doctor not a priest. Of course, that last statement opens up a whole other discussion.
Yes, it's abuse, and I have to wonder, regarding the "trans" issue and the sky-high suicide attempt/success rates in that demographic, when someone who regrets transition surgery is going to avenge his loss on the team that did it. I'm kinda surprised that I haven't heard of such a thing already, to be honest.
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