• DudleyMason@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    As a man who’s been very sure he wanted to remain childfeee since his teens: most surgeons won’t sterilize men on request either. I was told several times to come back after I was married with at least three kids. Had to move to the literal opposite corner of the country to a place where Planned Parenthood isn’t under constant assault to get a vasectomy after decades of chasing one.

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      1 day ago

      Wow. That’s unreal. If I may ask were you trying to do a vasectomy (which can often be reversed) or something more permanent?

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        22 hours ago

        A vasectomy, mostly. I did try to get into some studies for things like IVD, but that never materialized either.

        I was shocked at how easy it was when I got to the NW and just…walked into a Planned Parenthood and scheduled the appointment.

        Florida in the late 90s/early 00s was very “unreal”, but it’s gotten worse every time I’ve gone back to visit.

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          10 hours ago

          There was a quote something like no matter how bad life gets religion can always be counted on to make it worse.