sterilization (of the wanted kind)

[Flyndaran]

In any compassionate society, birth control should be free and easily available. To not support this is in essence demanding that many unwanted babies be delivered and if "lucky" get thrown into a wildly unpredictable foster system.
Sterilization should be free and easily available. For crying out loud society has a vested interest in making sure that babies are born only to those that want and could care for them.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure should be a sane government's motto.

[BlaqueKatt]

And who do we have to thank for things like that? Yep, our wonderful little fundamentalist nutjobs who think birth control is soooooo evil. I guess they'd rather people hit up the nearest abortion clinic rather than actually do something constructive to help prevent unwanted pregnancies. But then again, it's probably much more fun for them to stand outside clinics and wave their stupid little signs and harass women rather than actually help them.

<Sigh> no it was mainly because the students were getting the subsidies from federal tax dollars-and the school was advertising "get your free plan b prescription filled before spring break" Any college student here can walk into planned parenthood(we have 6 of them 2 on campus actually) and still get their pills for free(just show student ID)-just the student health center has to charge-as the budget got cut due to the advertising. While I being married and unemployed ears ago when I was on the pill had to pay $40 per month from planned parenthood-while the college students got their 6 month supplies for free.

and just FYI-there are no abortion clinics in the city of madison which is where the main UW campus is-due to the availablity of condoms, and bc pills, plan b-they weren't making money and closed down years ago. And they were rarely protested as they were inside a hospital.

[Cat]

I have an appt with my doc next month, and he is once of the doc who performs Essure (and he is pretty cool, easy to talk to) Of course, I'll talk to my bf first..

Though I doubt my insurance will cover it...well, I can save if I need to.....the main thing would be telling my mother....she knows I never want kids (she was the first to refer to the cats as the *grandcats*) but still....

I'm on BC and my bf uses a condom, just to be "safe" but my bloody pills are $45 a pop (makes note to call in prescription tomorrow), so 12 months, year after year....not cheap.....

[blas87]

Cat, I did a little research on it, and several sites claim that "most" insurance policies will cover Essure.

I've found it interesting that my Depo shot is 100% covered by my insurance, but ALL other birth controls cost a copay. My coworker Michelle has to pay $20 a month for Yaz......I found out that there's a copay for the ring, the patch, every kind of pill, etc etc etc.....have not found out about Essure yet.

That's what I'm worried about. I want to stay on Depo until I'm allowed to have the Essure process done (I only found ONE doctor in my area who is Essure certified). I cannot afford copays for pills....not to mention that I myself am a Pill baby, and I refuse to take the Pill for that reason.......and I don't want a menstrual period ever again either.

I'm stuck. Every doctor I see wants me off Depo....it's been almost 5 years and they don't like for girls to be on it longer than that....even though I have not gained weight (save for a few months last year but I do not blame Depo Provera for that, and I'm even smaller than I was before that happened) and I haven't gotten depression and it has never affected me in a negative way other than making my body hair thicker....

I hate children and I don't want any. I may sound like a pessimist, but I believe I'll win the lottery before I ever come across a guy worth marrying, or a guy ever actually falling in love with me enough to marry me....and even if I DID get married, I don't want to have kids. I am too selfish. I never want to be pregnant. I exercise religiously. I care about my body. I don't want my breasts to get larger and saggier.....I don't want stretch marks, I don't want a pouch after I give birth. I don't want to have to diet after I have a baby. I don't want to give up going out with friends. I don't want to have to plan my life around someone else.

So sue me.

[wanderingjoe72]

Ay, but here's the rub, are doctors equally relunctant to do vasectomies?

Yes there are, at least in my state. (AZ)

My doctor has a base age that he starts with for considering a vas. 36, then he factors in children, relationships and future wants before agreeing to the procedure.

However he did note another doctor in his office will pretty much do them on any guy that asks regardless of age or situation.

Then I ahve also seen the doctors that steadfastly refuse a tube tie solely because of age. My ex had a boss whose daughter was allergic to most types of contraceptives, Had one very risky pregnancy, but was refused a tube tie because she was under 25.

There is a lot of imbalance in the way this is handled.

If someone has researched, thought it out and decided to have this procedure, there should be nothing to block the way.