In troubled times, vasectomies snip and prosper

CNN ^ | 3-24-09 | Madison Park

[Justaham]

CNN) -- Dr. J. Stephen Jones had seven vasectomies to perform in a day.

Some urologists around the country are reporting increased numbers of patients coming in for vasectomies.

"My staff came to me and said, what's happening?" said Jones, the chairman of the Department of Regional Urology of Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. "Why are we suddenly having an explosion in guys asking for vasectomies?"

They looked at their statistics and realized the uptick started around November as the economic crisis deepened. October went down in the history books as one of Wall Street's worst months.

[steve-b]

If anything, it’s pleasantly surprising that people would still have enough personal responsibility to avoid having kids when they’re not sure they can afford it.

[Lorianne]

Better than abortions, and more safe than tubal ligations.

[the anti-liberal]

But it is strange that people would want to *permanently* not be able to have kids, no matter how things are.

[mainestategop]

It is possible to prevent births by having the male tie the tubes instead of the women. Its better this way and the man can still experience sexual pleasure, they just can't have kids. Its not 100% effective like the vast majority of birth control but it helps. I think there is also some chemicals that can do it as well.