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CousinIT

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27. Same here. I heard: "oh you'll change your mind when you meed the right person!"

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #8)

Sat Apr 13, 2024, 07:54 AM

Apr 13

I never did and I never did.

The MASSIVE pressure society puts on females to make babies is hideous. One doc told me "Oh well that's your only purpose in life is to have babies!"

EXCUSE ME?! Basically, he told me I was breeding livestock. That is what Republicans consider women to be. I heard and saw that back in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and today. Needless to say I never went back to that..."doctor".

NOBODY has any right to tell anybody else what their "purpose in life" is. That is for each person to decide or whether they even have a "purpose" other than to survive to an old salty age and find happiness when they can, if even that.

Women and men should RESIST any pressure when they're young to reproduce, if that is not what they would otherwise want to do.

It's your life. Your body. Your future. NOBODY ELSE has any goddamned business telling you or pushing you, nagging you, and damn sure not FORCING you to do anything with it other than what you want for yourself.

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More young people choosing permanent sterilization after abortion restrictions [View all] Nevilledog Apr 12 OP

It's sad and tragic, but I can understand their decision. Passages Apr 12 #1

Why is it "sad" and "tragic"? brooklynite Apr 13 #30

The percentage of those making decisions based on their states Passages Apr 13 #32

My grandson got a vasectomy at 21. Aristus Apr 12 #2

I had one at 24 with two children. erronis Apr 12 #10

How long until the American taliban bans sterilization for women? zuul Apr 12 #3

Many states prohibit such operations pfitz59 Apr 12 #4

The Child Free subreddit has a list of doctors obamanut2012 Apr 12 #6

Which really is none of their damn business. Scrivener7 Apr 12 #14

Idaho in a few years will be populated by only lonely white men Traurigkeit Apr 12 #18

At least they'll have plenty of guns, with which to shoot themselves . . . hatrack Apr 13 #28

'Get out of that State' - B52s speak easy Apr 13 #31

People know whether or not they want children Warpy Apr 12 #5

I tried to get my tubes tied in my early twenties. Demobrat Apr 12 #7

Ah yes, the paternalistic, patronizing assholes of the medical profession Warpy Apr 12 #13

I tried at 30 and my female doctor said no. intheflow Apr 13 #25

I knew at 12 I did NOT wnat childrem obamanut2012 Apr 12 #8

Same here. I never talked about it. Demobrat Apr 12 #9

Same here. I heard: "oh you'll change your mind when you meed the right person!" CousinIT Apr 13 #27

In general, I think voluntary sterilization is an overreaction to Dobbs. maxsolomon Apr 12 #11

How so? WhiskeyGrinder Apr 12 #17

RvW is overturned, so you sterilize yourself? Seems rash. maxsolomon Apr 12 #22

One of the parties wants to get rid of birth control. It's not just about abortions. Nevilledog Apr 12 #23

Yes, I recognize that. maxsolomon Apr 12 #24

Talibangelicals have been after Roe and contraception all my life CousinIT Apr 13 #29

I think it's a course of action musette_sf Apr 13 #35

But every sperm is sacred. They're going to burn in hell. progressoid Apr 12 #12

With the cost of food, diapers and such, shelter, and energy going through the roof Barry Markson Apr 12 #15

I believe that if a person is uncertain or is vacillating about parenthood, they shouldn't take that route until they're Texin Apr 12 #16

10,000s of children are waiting for Adoption. Building familes is still an option Traurigkeit Apr 12 #19

Yeah Chi67 Apr 12 #20

My kids are 24 and 30 now. woodsprite Apr 13 #33

The JAMA paper states: sop Apr 12 #21

I had the procedure in my 20s. I knew I didn't want kids. CousinIT Apr 13 #26

I got snipped at 25 Ohio Joe Apr 13 #34