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Gormy Cuss

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3. Around 1988 a friend of mine's health plan required that she get her spouse's signature

Reply to LadyHawkAZ (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 06:19 PM

Mar 2013

on a form notifying him that she was having a tubal ligation. It was legal for her to have it done but they still put barriers in front of her, just as happened to you and most women who want sterilization before age 35. I recognize that some people who have been sterilized at a younger age regret it later but it's absurdly paternalistic to let doctors make the choice for them.

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A day late... Eisenstadt v. Baird [View all] LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 OP

It's good to remind people just how recently Bill Baird made a difference. Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #1

Unless things have changed drastically in the last 8 years LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #2

Around 1988 a friend of mine's health plan required that she get her spouse's signature Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #3