The Supreme Court has scared men into surgery! I am sure that the combination of banned abortions and the threat to birth control openly posed by Clarence Thomas in his opinion have made all thinking people aware that actions have consequences. The consequences are more dire for the woman, of course, and affect her physical health and even whether she lives or dies, but they also affect some men.
"Stein* said his practice is booked through the end of August with vasectomy appointments, prompting him to open up more days in his schedule to accommodate patients who have recently registered. He and his associate, John Curington, said the decision overturning
Roe has directly factored into their patients’ requests for vasectomies. Men under the age of 30 who do not have children are requesting vasectomies in greater numbers than before, the physicians said.
'I’d say at least 60 or 70 percent are mentioning the Supreme Court decision,' Curington said. 'And a few of them have such sophistication as young men that they actually are thinking about Justice Thomas and his opinion that contraception may fall next. And that’s shocking. That’s something that doesn’t enter into our conversations ever, until this week.'"
*Dr. Stein is a urologist in Florida who performs vasectomies.
