Published today in a JAMA Health Forum research letter, policy researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and Boston University show how the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling affected preferences for permanent contraception among males and females between the ages of 18 to 30. It’s the first study to assess how the Dobbs ruling affected both females and male interest in permanent contraception procedures. What the researchers found was that despite all the attention on male vasectomies post-Dobbs, the rise in tubal sterilizations among females was twice as high as the increase among vasectomies in males.
Well. I’m 3 days post vasectomy. I’m doing my part. Oh and I wanna give a big THANKS OBAMA to the President for including all birth control in the ACA.
Welcome to the club, brother!
Err, it doesn’t. There’s no requirement to cover vasectomy in the ACA, specifically because it’s not classed as a contraceptive for women and the contraceptive requirements only include contraceptives for women. This goes so far that barrier methods for women have mandated coverage if a doctor will write a script for them, because they arefor women
And I know you’re doing a whole sarcastic THANKS OBAMA bit, but I figure it’s about 50/50 that someone reading it might not realize that that particular bit of explicit sex discrimination is in the law. I’m actually surprised that no one has tried to challenge the ACA on violating equal protection as a consequence, as hard as some of the GOP have looked for ways to attack it.
Don’t do what I did and think you’re ready for yard work before you’re really done healing! Welcome to the club, btw.