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In reply to the discussion: "Choice 👏🏼 fucking 👏🏼 matters 👏🏼." [View all]BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)12. I was 25 and went to Planned Parenthood and had one for $99.
It was a two step thing. Women and men(probably the partners of some of the women) watched a 2 min film about the decision then spoke with an employee to discuss the decision. It took about 30 seconds for me to say why I wanted my tubes tied and I was told, "That is the most logical reasoning I have heard" and I was scheduled for the procedure...no problem at all. This was in 1987 too.
That is how it is supposed to be for all women every where. It is MY FUCKING DECISION SINCE IT IS MY BODY.
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I find it entirely believable. I've read other stories of the same thing
BlancheSplanchnik
May 2019
#40
Ok. Well, you're talking about the specific situation, I'm generalizing outward.
BlancheSplanchnik
May 2019
#48
Whenever someone w/ the power to say "no" is allowed to, that's "a policy." Absent LAWS to protect
Hekate
May 2019
#33
George W. Bush gave aid and comfort to evangelicals in so many ways. One was "conscience"...
Hekate
May 2019
#49
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
back in the 70s heard about a doctor who when asked to tie tubes of a woman
demigoddess
May 2019
#15
2 ways to punish GOP - starting with 3 universities in GA that helped do this and can be protested
certainot
May 2019
#20
yeah, the guy most influential in the country on all such matters has no clue
certainot
May 2019
#35
Any health professional who is not comfortable doing a legal procedure should refer that patient
milestogo
May 2019
#25
Your doctor had the kind of self-righteous bullshit you see in Latin America all the time
sandensea
May 2019
#27
"I can't understand why so many men are fearful of women's reproductive freedom."
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2019
#30