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Republicans wanted fewer abortions and more births. They are getting the opposite (www.theguardian.com)

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The rate of voluntary sterilization among young women jumped abruptly after Dobbs, and there’s no reason to believe it will drop off

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Men can get vasectomies.

If any guy out there is thinking about it, it's a simple, easy procedure that actually isn't that painful.

Edit: I blocked [email protected] ages ago but apparently they're still following me around and downvoting.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To expand: Got mine several years ago. I was literally in a cold sweat shaking in fear when I got into that doctor's office and it ended up being a total cakewalk. You basically get one pinch that feels like someone snapped you in the groin with a rubber band, and then you're pretty much done. I was way more worried than I needed to be. Sat in a lazy boy with peas on my junk for a few days and was right back at it.

Also, don't make your lady get sterilized just because you're a bitch. The female process is so much more invasive/painful.

Edit: fun fact, those stirrup things on the doctor table are actually kinda comfy. I dont understand the complaints.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

Same! The really important part is the after care. If you ignore the doctors instructions you can have blood pool up in your scrotum and if it's bad enough they'll have to extract it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Vasectomies can also be reversed, that's correct right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 hours ago

Yes. And actually often reverse themselves over time as it heals, so make sure to go to your checkups to make sure you're still shooting blanks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Yes, and they're safer than women getting their tubes tied by a wide margin. There is no guarantee a reversal will work though so if you're on the fence about kids either wait or freeze some of your sperm and plan for IV or something like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

This is good but to add on, it's generally safe but is still a surgical procedure and can lead to complications.

Anyone should still do their due diligence to make sure this is the right move for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

This is a good call out. It's one of the lowest risk surgical procedures you can have but low risk ≠ no risk.

There is the high level info from the provider that I went to in case anyone is curious, it can be found here.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago

Unless you want to pay child support for 200,000 children, I would hold off on freezing /s