While I can kind of understand the choice for a doctor to say no to something like that, I think they should be legally obligated to refer the patient to a doctor who WILL help.
Saski, can you read my journal? I'm stressed about college ::headdesk:: Thanks Kitty <3
This upsets me on a very personal level. My mom requested that a tubaligation to be performed immediately after my younger sister was delivered. When she woke up, she found out that the procedure had not been performed. When she confronted the doctor about it, he told her, "Well, I thought you'd change your mind, since once you're not able to have children you're not really a woman anymore." So my mom, now with two kids in tow, had to find another doctor, and pay more money to have the procedure done.
I had first chalked this up to her having lived in the dark ages (the 1960s) when it was still common for men to treat women in a condescending fashion, but as recently as a year ago, I experienced similar Christian nonsense at my own health care facility. In my case, it was not a birth control or abortion issue -- just well-meant comfort by a delusional lab tech who thought that God was talking to her. But it was unwanted religious blathering nonetheless.
At this point, I am more afraid of Catholic physicians than I am of militant
Bleh. I hate stories like this. The bubble I've created for myself with respect to all that has spoiled me. I can almost see allowing doctors to opt out of certain procedures, but they should be required to provide a referral. I was glad the article touched on sterilization. Issues around forced sterilization are discussed relatively frequently, but voluntary sterilization is difficult for women to get and rarely brought up.
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Saski, can you read my journal? I'm stressed about college ::headdesk:: Thanks Kitty <3
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I had first chalked this up to her having lived in the dark ages (the 1960s) when it was still common for men to treat women in a condescending fashion, but as recently as a year ago, I experienced similar Christian nonsense at my own health care facility. In my case, it was not a birth control or abortion issue -- just well-meant comfort by a delusional lab tech who thought that God was talking to her. But it was unwanted religious blathering nonetheless.
At this point, I am more afraid of Catholic physicians than I am of militant
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