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ellice wrote:
No doubt not his unique stance, but many things that have to do with women's reproductive health are guidelines for their health, their future ability to produce progeny - as in don't do something you'll regret when you're older and wiser - and historically based on the sensibilities/morality of men. But, someone who has already had 2 healthy children before the age of 30, assuming she's mentally competent, should have had no legal or ethical barrier to having a tubal ligation performed. But, none of us truly know what is going on in someone else's health, interactions with their doctors, their interpersonal relations, etc. Heck, if you start crying when asking about something like a tubal ligation, that could convince a doctor you're not prepared emotionally. Who knows. Personally, I tend to take some things with the proverbial handful of salt. Ellice I knew a woman who had two kids, closely spaced, by the time she was about 24, and she had the tubal ligation done when the second one was born because she knew she was "done." That seemed to me a little premature...I'd be afraid to make such a permanent decision so early in life. Too many "what ifs" in life for me. But she and her husband and her doctor were quite comfortable with it. sue -- Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen The Magazine of Folk and World Music www.dirtylinen.com |
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Susan Hartman wrote:
ellice wrote: No doubt not his unique stance, but many things that have to do with women's reproductive health are guidelines for their health, their future ability to produce progeny - as in don't do something you'll regret when you're older and wiser - and historically based on the sensibilities/morality of men. But, someone who has already had 2 healthy children before the age of 30, assuming she's mentally competent, should have had no legal or ethical barrier to having a tubal ligation performed. But, none of us truly know what is going on in someone else's health, interactions with their doctors, their interpersonal relations, etc. Heck, if you start crying when asking about something like a tubal ligation, that could convince a doctor you're not prepared emotionally. Who knows. Personally, I tend to take some things with the proverbial handful of salt. Ellice I knew a woman who had two kids, closely spaced, by the time she was about 24, and she had the tubal ligation done when the second one was born because she knew she was "done." That seemed to me a little premature...I'd be afraid to make such a permanent decision so early in life. Too many "what ifs" in life for me. But she and her husband and her doctor were quite comfortable with it. sue DD had two children, one boy one girl, close together shortly after she was married. She asked for tubal ligation in the military hospital, but it was flatly refused. Then, four years later, Whoops, #3. She still couldn't have it done, but they had no problen tying off her dh's tubes!!!!!!!! Same final effect, but still. Then, a while after that, she had to have a hysterectomy. Olwyn Mary in New Orleans |
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