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"With abortions banned, these Texans turned to permanent forms of birth control"
KUT 90.5 | By Marisa Charpentier
Published October 20, 2022 at 9:45 AM CDT

https://www.tpr.org/bioscience-medicine/2022-10-19/with-abortions-banned-these-texans-turned-to-permanent-forms-of-birth-control

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....Cost isn’t the only barrier to accessing female sterilization procedures. Finding a doctor who will perform the procedure on young women or women without any children can be a challenge. Chapman, of Women’s Health Domain, said she’s heard story after story from patients who have been refused by doctors because they’re told they’re too young or they’re not married or that their future husband may want a child and they might change their minds.

“I’ve had women who bring their fathers with them in case I need their father to sign,” she said. “I’ve had patients who bring their husbands or significant others in case I need their husbands to sign. It’s ridiculous.”

At her practice, Chapman said she sees women of all backgrounds. The only requirement is that they be at least 21 years old.

“It doesn’t matter if they’ve had a child before or not,” she said. “If they tell us that they can understand our counseling and they know this is permanent and this is the decision that they want, then we’re willing to do that for them.”...