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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:53 AM Original message |
I have a question about women's health... |
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luaneryder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. Had a tubal ligation in 1976 |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. yeah my girlfriend (unmarried at the time and in her mid 20s |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. The 60 rule |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. thanks, you jogged my memory and I am glad you said the rule; I |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Interesting. Were wives required to sign off on a vasectomy? |
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Crowdance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Twelve years ago, I had to sign off on Mr. CD's vasectomy |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I've often wondered about that one too LOL |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
77. In 1977, signed consent for vasectomy |
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asjr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Roe v Wade didn't happen until the 70s. But I can remember |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think Roe V. Wade will be overturned in the next 1 or 2 years |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. It is sort of a general medical practice |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Missouri n/t |
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TxGran (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. 1967 |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. I would imagine this was true |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Contraception used to be against the law in some places I believe. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
65. I seem to recall the Catholic Church saying it was a mortal sin too |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. My knitting mentor had the same thing happen to her |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. we probably will be wearing burqas before too long the way |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Shit, tell me about it... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. My sister-in-law had to have her husband's permission in the 80's |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Re: your friend, was it merely a function of her age? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. They claimed it was her age |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Wait a second... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. This was in Kansas...which may or may not explain it |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. Oh, yeah, this kind of thing |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. yup, took good care of the "girls" |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. You're right. Job opportunities |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
75. Yes, they wouldn't hire me because I was "too intelligent" |
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TxGran (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Another Memory |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No problem hijacking the thread... |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
72. In Some Ways |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
54. Teachers were not allowed to be visibly pregnant and keep their jobs |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
57. In 99 when my son was born |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. That's not the only example |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Misogyny is alive and well in health I see... |
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boi1946 (175 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I was refused a tubal ligation in 1970-- |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
29. Im not surprised. |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. HAHAHAHAHA! |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Good answer to him. Though it's a bit scarey. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. I wish I could think of answers like that when someone says |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Oh, it wasn't just the money |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. ...tomb for the womb. Primal scream. I wonder how many still think |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Hee, hee! |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. So is there an age at which a woman (me) who has never had children |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Probably not Texas... |
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Lady Effingbroke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yeah, I figured I might be getting old enough to where a doctor would |
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disillusioned1 (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
68. Go to Planned Parenthood |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
76. Check first with Planned Parenthood.... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. This still happens, It happened to my sister a couple years ago in CA |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. That's a stupid excuse... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. There was no man involved, No permission to get, they just wouldn't do |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. It is still stupid... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. There are solutions that are not permanent. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Still a question of rights and responsibilities... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I suppose yes, but I wouldn't call it discrimination |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
63. I never said it should be taken lightly... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
36. 1978 |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't see the problem with married people having to make thier spouse |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. There is a distinct difference between hoping they inform them... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. No, She informed him, I didn't say they should have to get permission |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Uh, she told him, he said no, she did it anyways, didn't tell him that... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. But he still knew of her intent to not have any more children |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Its always nice to be on a high horse and hand out a directive... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. So its OK to decieve a spouse in your eyes, |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. The point is that it all depends on the INDIVIDUAL... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:12 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Do you know any women that have lived with abuse? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I certainly am no expert, nor do I claim to be... |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I'd like to get away from the abuse issue because I just don't think it |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It would be grounds for divorce... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. I don't care if you were abused or not. That has nothing to do |
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Ms_Mary (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:59 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. There's nothing wrong with his scenario. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Absolutely agreed........ |
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cags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 01:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. My sister is also RH negative, She gets a shot during her pregnancy, |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
70. whether or not one chooses to inform their spouse is between the couple |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. exactly. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. In PA in the 60's |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. I had to also sign for my husband's vasectomy in 2002. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. I had a married friend in the 1970s who wanted a tubal ligation |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
69. Off topic slightly, but my husband had to sign |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
80. Sister of a coworker couldn't get a tubal |
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RUDUing2 (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
81. I think it still is common if you are married...when my dh had his vas in |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
82. I had my tubes tied 4 years ago... |
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