• ricecake
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    4 months ago

    Because medical ethics requires some degree of confidence that you’re not making a permanent decision that you’ll regret.

    Unnecessary hurdles like mandatory waiting periods, refusing to do it without someone else’s consent, or refusal to do it at all if you’re childless are wrong, but making sure someone understands the procedure and it’s consequences and that what they’re asking for is actually solving the complaint they want to solve is just being responsible.

    Doctors aren’t mechanics.

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        4 months ago

        It is entirely your decision. It’s also their decision if they can ethically perform the procedure.

        Some people read that a vasectomy can be reversed and understand that they are 100% reversible 100% of the time. If someone says they want a vasectomy so they can skip other forms of birth control until they’re ready to have kids, the doctor needs to correct their misunderstanding before they can ethically perform the procedure.

        “Informed consent” requires making sure the individual is “informed”, “able to consent”, and “consenting”.

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          4 months ago

          That sounds fair enough tbh. You gotta know what the function of what you’re getting is.

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        4 months ago

        Sure, but you still need to convince someone else you are informed and educated on the risks and outcomes.

        You get a handful of really bad stories, but most doctors just want to make sure they don’t have a patient knocking on their door complaining that this vasectomy thing isn’t what they wanted.