Austonia: Men are stepping up, saying Roe v. Wade ruling was 'the final push' to get a vasectomy

[onetexan]

https://austonia.com/austin-vasectomy-roevwade
According to vasectomy specialist Dr. Luke Machen of Austin Fertility and Reproductive Medicine, the clinic received over 150 vasectomy appointment requests combined on Friday and Monday following the ruling. Typically, the clinic performs 45-50 vasectomies per month.

The Austin Urology Institute reported that they received about 70 calls in the first hour after the ruling was released. OBYN at Women’s Health Domain reported receiving over 100 requests from women interested in getting their tubes tied.

“I would say a significant number of patients who scheduled recently have mentioned the Supreme Court case,” Machen said. “A lot of guys have said they were thinking about having a vasectomy over the last year or so, and the ruling was the final push to get it done.”

The average patient at Austin Fertility who receives a vasectomy is about 37, though Machen said he has started to see an increased number of patients with zero children choosing to get a vasectomy. While they put together a study, Machen expects demand for the procedure to plateau but stay higher than before the ruling.

Machen said vasectomy is the most effective form of permanent birth control, requires only about a week of recovery time, is reversible with success rates of up to 95% and has no effects on sexual function or testosterone.

Nicholson said the procedure was less than $700, he was never in any pain, had very little recovery time and has never regretted the decision—in fact, he has happily recommended the procedure to friends."

About time!

[exboyfil]

1. In some parts of the country they may find it difficult

to get one locally.

Catholic owned hospitals you know.

They shut down my surgeon's business when they acquired the hospital chain from another Catholic entity (I know inconsistency - the first entity was ok with him performing them).

It is not nearly the hell that women will have to go through, but it is a taste of the future for men when the SC makes their next privacy (or lack of privacy) decision. GQP state legislatures are looking forward to banning all forms of contraception.

[PortTack]

2. So much for increasing births!

[RobinA]

3. Wonderful

But that isn't what this is about.

[onetexan]

4. Of course, but knowing there are responsible men is some measure of progress

[irisblue]

5. This caught my eye

".. Machen said he has started to see an increased number of patients with zero children choosing to get a vasectomy."

It is very very hard, if at all for a woman to get laparoscopic salpingectomy
(fallopian tube removal) if she has never been pregnant.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/tubal-ligation/about/pac-20388360

snip-"How you prepare
Before you have a tubal ligation, your health care provider will talk to you about your reasons for wanting sterilization. Together, you'll discuss factors that could make you regret the decision, such as a young age or change in marital status.

Your health care provider will also review the following with you:

Risks and benefits of reversible and permanent methods of contraception
Details of the procedure
Causes and probability of sterilization failure
Ways to prevent sexually transmitted infections
The best time to do the procedure — for instance, shortly after childbirth or in combination with another abdominal surgery, such as a C-section
If you're not having a tubal ligation shortly after childbirth or during a C-section, consider using contraception for at least one month before the procedure and continue using a reliable form of contraception until your tubal ligation procedure is performed."

Every article I found speaks of a tubal in relation to pregnancy.


I begged my Gynie for a hysterectomy in my 30s for my endometriosis, she gently told me it could not happen because I had never been pregnant.

[librechik]

6. if only it kept men from raping as well as procreating.

still---baby steps, so to speak. I guess.