Sexist Barriers Block Women’s Choice to be Sterilized
North America (Conversation) – Women in Canada and the United States face extraordinary difficulties in seeking the birth control method of sterilization. When going to medical professionals to ask about the procedure, they often hear something like, “You’ll regret it” or “Get your husband to do it.” The most common reason medical professionals provide for denying women’s voluntary sterilization is potential future regret. There are many studies on the possibility of women regretting sterilization. The most commonly cited study from the U.S. finds that the rate of women’s post-sterilization regret…
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