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Irish_Dem

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18. No he helped her. He asked a colleague to do the job.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 7, 2023, 09:07 AM

Feb 2023

Same thing happened to my mother after baby #5.

The doc could have flat out refused to tie her tubes, but instead he made sure her
tubes were tied by someone else.

My mother was very grateful. She had hypergravis pregnancies
and couldn't go through it any more.

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Another Colorado hospital stops letting women get their tubes tied [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2023 OP

Sure as hell it's about control. Goddamn. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2023 #1

This country is fucked until (if ever, not likely) it gets a SCOTUS which will reverse their current RockRaven Feb 2023 #2

I shouldn't say the word I'm about to say, but it is oh so appropriate... Hekate Feb 2023 #3

So the doctor wouldn't do the tubal ligation because he was a Catholic, PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2023 #7

It doesn't sound like he was "just fine" with her having another baby at the risk of her life. ShazzieB Feb 2023 #10

You absolutely misunderstood me. In my mother's telling, it showed his deep compassion... Hekate Feb 2023 #13

No he helped her. He asked a colleague to do the job. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #18

I think it was kind of the opposite. He offered to set it up with a different surgeon. Maraya1969 Feb 2023 #21

This should not be legal to do by a hospital receiving taxpayer money. SunSeeker Feb 2023 #4

After outlawing abortion, it quickly moved to birth control. NH Ethylene Feb 2023 #5

I agree - I thought the ACA and the acceptance of federal funds stopped this practice Hestia Feb 2023 #9

Most catholic hospitals nationwide have not offered tubal ligation or vasectomies..not surprising PortTack Feb 2023 #6

Where in the Bible does it say tubal ligations/vasectomies are a sin? SunSeeker Feb 2023 #12

I can't see it any other way than an attempt to control women. calimary Feb 2023 #8

eff religion BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #11

The feds need to pull the plug Puppyjive Feb 2023 #14

This is what happens when you try to base Mr. Evil Feb 2023 #15

In our area, the only big hospital is a Catholic hospital. albacore Feb 2023 #16

Between guns, reproductive rights, & college destruction I have about had it. JanMichael Feb 2023 #17

The country we knew is fading away before our eyes. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #19

Knew it was a Catholic run hospital just reading OP title. sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #20

Or it's about making money $$$ Chakaconcarne Feb 2023 #22

I assume vasectomies are off the table too? mainer Feb 2023 #23

If women were just more responsible in making their own decisions gratuitous Feb 2023 #24

They have no business denying women control of their bodies and repro lives CousinIT Feb 2023 #25