Vasectomies Are Going Viral After the emRoe v. Wade/em Leak, But They Aren’t a Solution to Abortion Bans
, almost 60% of surveyed U.S. ob-gyns said they would discourage a 26-year-old patient from getting her tubes tied if her husband disagreed with her decision, and 32% said they would discourage a 26-year-old patient even if her husband was on board. For a hypothetical 36-year-old patient, those percentages dropped to 47% and 10%.
That was the case for Jacki Greavu, who is now 30 and lives in Montana. She has always known she doesn’t want children, and began asking doctors to tie her tubes when she was 22. Doctor after doctor refused to perform the operation until she turned 30, warning her that she might change her mind. “They just think if you’re not 30, you’re not old enough to make this kind of decision,” Greavu says.
Kluchin says medical paternalism is closely linked to the history of forced sterilization. While people who are seen as “unfit” for parenthood—usually because of racist, classist, or ableist thinking—may be pressured into sterilization, people stereotypically seen as “good” parents—often young, relatively affluent white women—may be denied the procedure. “It comes down to…some women’s reproduction seen as beneficial, and others seen as detrimental,” Kluchin says. “That’s the continued trend.
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