Women’s rights and bodily autonomy are under attack, but it’s important we remember the role medical misogyny plays in endangering our lives.
It’s not new, and it’s only getting worse.
When I wanted a tubal ligation, I was denied because I wasn’t married and thus couldn’t get my husband’s ‘permission’.
When I was told I was unlikely to survive a pregnancy, I asked again and again I was denied because I might ‘meet a man who wants kids.’
When I needed a hysterectomy, doctors sought the permission of my 22 year old boyfriend of less than THREE months. They asked him if he would leave me when I became ‘barren’.
Men who want a vasectomy do not have to jump through these hoops. Their body, their choice.
None of us should need a man to consent in order to get the care we want and need.
It’s archaic, patriarchal bullsh*t and we must keep calling it out.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/pregnancy-will-likely-kill-you-but
