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maxsolomon

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5. They didn't blink when my mom asked for that after baby 4.

Tue May 14, 2019, 04:26 PM

May 2019

She would have been 31, and it would have been 1969. At a Catholic Hospital. Pre-Roe v Wade, if that matters.

Where is under-30 no-tubal-ligation a policy?

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"Choice 👏🏼 fucking 👏🏼 matters 👏🏼." [View all] babylonsister May 2019 OP

Women's rights are human rights... Wounded Bear May 2019 #1

The writer should send that fucking Doctor a bill for child support genxlib May 2019 #2

It's almost unbelievable. LuvNewcastle May 2019 #22

It is almost unbelievable maxsolomon May 2019 #38

I find it entirely believable. I've read other stories of the same thing BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #40

Well, the doctor in this story said NO to her request maxsolomon May 2019 #43

You should read this thread! BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #45

I did. Refusal is the exception, not the rule. maxsolomon May 2019 #47

Ok. Well, you're talking about the specific situation, I'm generalizing outward. BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #48

The most direct method for men to control women is to take away... Raster May 2019 #3

And a lot of women support men who do such. Kaleva May 2019 #10

Excellent Ohiogal May 2019 #4

They didn't blink when my mom asked for that after baby 4. maxsolomon May 2019 #5

Whenever someone w/ the power to say "no" is allowed to, that's "a policy." Absent LAWS to protect Hekate May 2019 #33

Hekate, what hospitals/OBGYN practices have that "policy"? maxsolomon May 2019 #46

George W. Bush gave aid and comfort to evangelicals in so many ways. One was "conscience"... Hekate May 2019 #49

A very similar story SamIam715 May 2019 #6

It's mostly male doctors who act like this... cynatnite May 2019 #7

I wish I could rec this more than once. Women's rights are being eroded day by day. Arkansas Granny May 2019 #8

Too many men want forced pregnancies and no child support. Love the fetus & hate the child, again.nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #9

ALL OF THIS x 1000 Soph0571 May 2019 #11

I was 25 and went to Planned Parenthood and had one for $99. BigmanPigman May 2019 #12

Hear, hear! smirkymonkey May 2019 #13

Discuss these things with your doctor when choosing a doctor. ohhellyes May 2019 #14

back in the 70s heard about a doctor who when asked to tie tubes of a woman demigoddess May 2019 #15

My story comes from the early seventies. murielm99 May 2019 #16

Whoa Lithos May 2019 #17

I once tied the tubes of a 21 y/o woman. volstork May 2019 #18

2 of my friends did this. Duppers May 2019 #24

My story is similar... llmart May 2019 #19

2 ways to punish GOP - starting with 3 universities in GA that helped do this and can be protested certainot May 2019 #20

Ironic (isn't it?) that Rush Limbaugh has been married four times Totally Tunsie May 2019 #34

yeah, the guy most influential in the country on all such matters has no clue certainot May 2019 #35

It Sure As Fuck Does! 2naSalit May 2019 #21

1982 male doctor saved my sanity. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #23

Any health professional who is not comfortable doing a legal procedure should refer that patient milestogo May 2019 #25

K&R Solly Mack May 2019 #26

Your doctor had the kind of self-righteous bullshit you see in Latin America all the time sandensea May 2019 #27

It wasn't the OP's doctor maxsolomon May 2019 #44

My own son, who I raised to know better mountain grammy May 2019 #28

Fabulous Rebuttal! (n/t) corbettkroehler May 2019 #31

Barefoot And Pregnant Is Their Ideal corbettkroehler May 2019 #29

"I can't understand why so many men are fearful of women's reproductive freedom." WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #30

You're Right But I Don't Understand That Form Of Control corbettkroehler May 2019 #32

As a man, let me be blunt. MicaelS May 2019 #41

Thank You - That Helped corbettkroehler May 2019 #42

Hit them where it hurts! JAD May 2019 #36

At 25 y/o in 1977 I had my tubes tied after my 2nd son was delivered SammyWinstonJack May 2019 #37

Niece had tubes tied at 28. 1980s. No kids. Married, then divorced. On BC since 16. Smoked. CousinIT May 2019 #39