Clinics Offer Free Vasectomies, Citing a Surge in Demand Clinics Offer Free Vasectomies, Citing a Surge in Demand
“It’s a very particular moment in reproductive rights in the United States. And we need to talk about it.”Associated Press (Source: Medscape Urology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Urology Headlines - October 13, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
Clinics offer free vasectomies, citing a surge in demand
Free vasectomies will be available next month at three Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri amid a surge in demand for the the procedure after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - October 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Vasectomies to become a thing of the past as scientists say contraceptive jab for men is a year away
Dr Amanda Wilson, a public health psychologist at De Montfort University, told the British Science Festival in Leicester that research had found men were very reluctant to have the jab. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The First Ever Rivian Electric Truck-Powered Vasectomy? Here ’s The Reaction
After a blackout left a clinic in Austin, Texas, without electric power, Christopher Yang, MD, made sure that this vasectomy went EV as 1,2,3. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - September 10, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Transportation /transportation pharma Source Type: news
California bill to make vasectomies cheaper goes to governor
California lawmakers have voted to make vasectomies cheaper for men (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - August 31, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
California Wants to Snip Costs for Vasectomies and Condoms California Wants to Snip Costs for Vasectomies and Condoms
Most women can already get free birth control. California lawmakers are debating whether to extend that perk to millions of men.Kaiser Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
Roe v Wade: why vasectomies are no answer to abortion restrictions
The US supreme court ’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade will have a significant impact on the reproductive health and the safety of women who become pregnant in the US. Researchers have estimated it could increase maternal mortality in the country by 20%. The ruling also sparked debates around men’s reproductive opt ions, including the role of vasectomies in pregnancy and abortion prevention. Madeleine Finlay speaks to historian Georgia Granger about the history of vasectomies, why they’ve ended up as part of the conversation about women’s reproductive rights, and hears why male sterilisation won’t solve America...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 7, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with additional production by Anand Jagatia, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu and the executive producer was Lorna Stewart Tags: Science Reproductive rights Health Roe v Wade Abortion Source Type: news
Debunking myths about vasectomies as their popularity increases post-Roe
Physicians spoke to The Washington Post about vasectomies as people rush to schedule them after last week's Supreme Court decision overturned Roe v. Wade. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Meena Venkataramanan Source Type: news
Vasectomy Requests Increase After Roe Ruling Vasectomy Requests Increase After Roe Ruling
"It was very, very noticeable Friday, and then the number that came in over the weekend was huge, and the number that is still coming in far exceeds what we have experienced in the past."WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology News Source Type: news
Rush for Vasectomies; Catching COVID From a Cat; Some D.A.s to Let Abortions Slide
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Pfizer says the U.S. government is buying more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in a $3.2 billion deal that would potentially include orders of an adult Omicron-adapted... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - June 30, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Men rush to get vasectomies after Roe ruling
The push for vasectomies comes as some physicians and patients are facing confusion and fear in a post-Roe world. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Meena Venkataramanan Source Type: news
Parents of 4-Year-Old Sue Urologist for 'Unintentional Vasectomy'
(MedPage Today) -- The parents of a 4-year-old are suing Texas Children's Hospital in Houston for giving their son an "unintentional vasectomy" during surgery for an inguinal hernia.
The boy had scrotal swelling that would increase in the evening... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - June 15, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Vasectomies Are Going Viral After the Roe v. Wade Leak, But They Aren ’t a Solution to Abortion Bans
For Trevor, a 35-year-old musician in Arizona, the decision to get a vasectomy was easy. He and his wife have long known that they didn’t want children, so the procedure has always been in the back of his mind.
But after learning about the U.S. Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade—which could still change before it becomes final, likely in late June—“It was like, ‘Why am I holding off at this point?’” Trevor says. “It’s such a big thing that I can take care of for my wife and I so easily, so why not?” Trevor (who asked to use only hi...
Source: TIME: Health - May 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health Source Type: news
Mistake: Doc Does Vasectomy Instead of Circumcision; More Mistake: Doc Does Vasectomy Instead of Circumcision; More
Appeals court tosses out one claim, retains another; jury exceeds state cap in infant head-trauma case; university ' s negligence caused them unnecessary suffering, women claim.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - December 15, 2021 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Hey fellas, consider yourself an ally to women? Consider a vasectomy | Jill Filipovic
Women are twice as likely to get their tubes tied than men are to get the snip, even though tubal ligation is more invasive, riskier and harder to reverse. It ’s time men step upAmerican men have come a long way, baby. They spendmore time with their kids than ever before. Most of them say they want egalitarian marriages and better work-life balance. Two-thirds of married fathers have a wife who works outside the home and contributes to the family income, and about four in 10 of those men have a wife who outearns them. So why, when it comes to family planning, are women doing all the work and men doing so little? To put a...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Jill Filipovic Tags: Gender Contraception and family planning Science Health Women Source Type: news
