Hey fellas, think you ’re 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
South Africa: In the Spotlight - SA's Low Vasectomy Numbers
[spotlight] According to 'Unwanted Fertility in South Africa', a recently published report from Statistics South Africa, "about 20% of all births in the five years preceding the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (including pregnancies at the time), happened when women were not planning on having any more children". The report, based on demographic health data from 1998 and 2016, shows an increase in the percentage of unwanted births from 17.3% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - June 7, 2021 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
China Wants More Babies. Some Men Choose Vasectomies
As the Chinese government tries to increase the country’s falling birthrate, some millennials are striving for a lifestyle commonly... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abortion care services in the UK
In the UK, MSI Reproductive Choices provides NHS vasectomy and abortion services, including free BACP accredited counselling, STI screening and contraception advice and fitting. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - May 28, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Repeat Postvasectomy Semen Analyses Down Under New Guidelines
FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 -- After publication of the 2012 guidelines defining vasectomy success as either azoospermia or rare nonmotile sperm, men undergoing vasectomy had a lower risk for requiring any repeat postvasectomy semen analysis, according to... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 15, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Age at Vasectomy Reversal Not Tied to Achieving Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2021 -- Age at vasectomy reversal (VR) is not an independent predictor of achieving pregnancy, according to a study recently published in Urology.
David J. Nusbaum, M.D., from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 6, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23, 2020 -- Vasectomy reversal is as viable in men over 50 as in those who are younger, a new study says.
About 20% of American men who have a vasectomy want to father children in the future, and about 6% will seek a vasectomy... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 23, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50
Title: Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50Category: Health NewsCreated: 12/23/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/23/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General - December 23, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Men over 50 have same success with vasectomy reversal outcomes as younger men
(University of Southern California - Health Sciences) In good news for older men, a new study from Keck Medicine of USC published inUrology shows that men over 50 who undergo a vasectomy reversal had the same rate of pregnancy with their partners as their younger counterparts. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
What Are the Disadvantages of Having a Vasectomy?
Title: What Are the Disadvantages of Having a Vasectomy?Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 10/8/2020 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Mens Health General - October 8, 2020 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Vasectomies: men recall final cuts and close shaves | Letters
Rob Delaney ’s frank and funny account of his vasectomy revives memories for readers includingMike Cashman and theRev Trevor SmithRob Delaney ’s article about having a vasectomy (‘Could I feel what they were doing? Yes’, 12 August) brought back memories from when I had one because my wife and I did not want more children.The surgeon gave me a local anaesthetic and I was cut above my penis. All went well and I thought it was all over and how brave I had been when I realised he had only done one side and I was only halfway through the operation.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Letters Tags: Sexual health Reproduction Rob Delaney Biology NHS Family Source Type: news
Planned Parenthood Is Expanding Telehealth to All 50 States Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
When an emergency responder in one of the New York counties hardest hit by COVID-19 recently found out she was pregnant, she decided that it wasn’t the right time to have a child. So between a busy schedule of helping patients, she made an appointment for Planned Parenthood’s new telehealth service, requested an abortion, and attended an initial counseling session—all while sitting in an ambulance.
Once she completed her virtual visit through the organization’s app, the first responder’s ambulance swung by her local Planned Parenthood clinic so she could pick up the pills needed to end her pre...
Source: TIME: Health - April 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
In retort to abortion ban, lawmaker calls for vasectomies
An Alabama lawmaker fed up with her colleagues' attempts to outlaw abortion has filed legislation to require all men over 50 to get vasectomies (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Why do I keep breaking my resolution to have a vasectomy? | Stuart Heritage
I definitely don ’t want more kids – but my visions of scalpels are so much worseI had two new year ’s resolutions in 2018; to get a vasectomy and to pass my driving test. When December rolled around, I held my driving licence in my hand with satisfaction. True, I hadn’t achieved both my resolutions, but partial completion isn’t to be sniffed at, right?In 2019, I also had two resolutions – to get a vasectomy and to rejoin a gym. Again, December came and, again, I only managed one of them. I’m in infinitesimally better physical condition than I was a year ago, so that’s the same as getting a vasectomy. Isnâ€...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 5, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Stuart Heritage Tags: Family Reproduction Life and style Psychology Science Health & wellbeing Source Type: news
Angola: Attorney General Investigates Church After Allegations of Chemical Castration
[ANGOP] Luanda -The Attorney General Office (PGR) has been investigating for some time now the allegations of chemical castration and vasectomy in which are allegedly submitted some pastors of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Angola. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
