Sounds about right... (X-post from r/childfree)

First things first, everything "worked out well for me" after a decade of horrific cramps and bleeding, dozens of ruptured ovarian cysts, and trips to the emergency room. If anyone understands the issues associated with family planning it's me. In fact, my old OBGYN wrote me a letter of medical necessity for my health care provider to help with the cost of an IUD and they still refused to cover it. The ACA is the only reason I was able to finally get the contraception that I need to solve my problems.

And sure, you are 29 and don't want kids, but think about some of the the other things you have significantly changed your tune about. You and I are the same age and you can't sit here and tell me that the maturity difference from 20-21, 21-22 etc isn't massive. And I never once supported LIMITING choices. However, I think as much as its a person's right to choose that kind of procedure, it's the doctor's right to give them as much information as possible so they don't have to deal with the repercussions 10 years later.

I don't envy a doctor in that position. I would never EVER want to do a procedure like that, just like I would never want to do an abortion. But risks associated with surgical procedures combined with a ~15% regret rate of women is enough for me to say that there are WAAAAAAY to many ways to deal with family planning. Pills and IUDs aren't the only options. Patch, rod, nuvaring, injection, condoms/vasectomy for the male partner (if you're in a committed relationship, of course that doesn't hold for short-term hook ups or FWB type of situations). My point is that the image posted is complete garbage for a variety of reasons (are they seriously comparing a remove-able tattoo to a permanent surgery? and are they really comparing the decision making process of getting a tattoo to HAVING A FUCKING CHILD?!). And it makes sense to me that a doctor try their darnedest to council a young woman with no menstrual problems who has never had children.

What do you mean by an 'easy option'? I can't see a 29 year old woman being denied by a doc for that procedure. Do you mean cost-wise? Because that's getting into a whole other issue with healthcare that has nothing to do with ethics or legality.

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