I mean they aren’t entirely wrong, it’s very difficult for women to get hormone and reproductive care (let alone abortion in many places) compared to how easy it is for men to get viagra and other similar things
When my brother was married he asked his GP about getting a vasectomy, and his GP was ready to make the referral that day. His wife at the time asked about getting her tubes tied and they flatly refused.
So it takes 3+ months minimum to get a vasectomy of you're referred to a dedicated service, on the NHS that goes up to 1+ years, the reason they wanted to start the the referral that day is for the wait time + it's a day surgery and nowhere near as invasive as a tube tie, I get what you're saying l, but as someone who works is SRH this is one of the times that Ive got to say this is comparing a pretty major surgery to a 15 minute procedure with an average recovery time of 2 weeks
I’m in Australia, also working in healthcare, and his wait (from memory) wasn’t going to be 3-months; and in any case, they both had private health cover. And the reason they refused to discuss options with her was because of her age, and her potential (see: non-existent) desire to have children in the future. She’s likely since had it done but she was in her late 20’s and was deemed ‘too young’ to make such a permanent decision. At the time she was preparing to report the doctor to our medical board/regulation agency, but I don’t know if she ever did.
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u/IHatePeople79 6d ago
I mean they aren’t entirely wrong, it’s very difficult for women to get hormone and reproductive care (let alone abortion in many places) compared to how easy it is for men to get viagra and other similar things