I have a question about women's health... [View All]

[Solon]

well obviously I'm a guy, but a while ago one of my co-workers, a 60+ year old lady, she loved telling stories. Anyways, she said that after she had her 4 child at around the age of 25 or so, she wanted her tubes tied, at the time she was single. She told me that the hospital required her mother's and/or husband's permission to do the surgery. When she said that I was shocked, I mean really, I'm only 26 and that seems so...Freaky. But I wanted to ask, was that common practice before the '70s, and also, did Roe v. Wade have anything to do with it, or another court case?