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Clinics in US state offer free vasectomies after surge in demand following Roe v Wade abortion ruling
SKY NEWS ^ | Siba Jackson

Posted on 10/28/2022 5:36:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Free vasectomies will be offered at clinics in Missouri in response to a surge in demand after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

Sixty procedures will be available at mobile clinics in St Louis, Springfield and Joplin as part of an initiative run by family planning charity, Planned Parenthood, during the first week of November.

In June, the US Supreme Court, the highest court in America, voted to overturn the constitutional right to choose abortion, which has existed for more than 50 years.

The controversial ruling means a woman's right to decide is now determined individually by each of the 50 US states.

Weeks later in July, Planned Parenthood clinics in St Louis and southwest Missouri performed 42 vasectomies - compared to just 10 in the same month in 2021.

Female sterilisations increased to 18 from just three a year earlier.

The operations will be offered to uninsured patients by Dr Esgar Guarin - who will host the so-called "Nutcracker" mobile clinics alongside the charity.

He then plans to offer a further 40 free vasectomies in the state of Iowa.

The scheme has been launched as part of World Vasectomy Day.

Dr Guarin, who sits on the medical advisory board for the annual event, said: "It's a very particular moment in reproductive rights in the United States. And we need to talk about it."

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists reports more people are seeking the procedure.

Meanwhile Planned Parenthood's national website has seen a 53% spike in vasectomy information searches over the past 100 days, a spokesperson for the charity said.

And data on Google Trends showed vasectomy searches hit their highest level after the US Supreme Court announced its decision.

In Texas, which brought in strict abortion law in the wake of the ruling, the

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: abortion; missouri; nutcracker; prolife; sterilization; vasectomy
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To: Luke21

>Cut it off. Make it no worky.

But wait, there’s more. Free labotomy with every procedure, and souvineer icepick to remember the occasion. If you can


21 posted on 10/28/2022 7:10:10 PM PDT by nevadapatriot
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To: nickcarraway

No rational man would allow a bargain basement baby butcher to carve on his dangly bits.


22 posted on 10/28/2022 7:14:22 PM PDT by AlbertWang
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To: SkyDancer

I have cats. My female cats have been fixed. I do not bother with my male cats. I could fix them, but I assure you a vagabond cat (El Gato Callejero) from the neighborhood would like to meet her if she were not fixed.


23 posted on 10/28/2022 7:19:35 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter-deckhand-roughneck-oil field trash- drilling fluid tech-geologist-pilot- pharmacist)
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To: Maudeen

“What do these crazies have against God and His creation?”

The question answers itself. God and His Creation.


24 posted on 10/28/2022 7:20:04 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: cpdiii
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25 posted on 10/28/2022 7:25:28 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: nickcarraway

All part of the plan to reduce the global population with the complete compliance of said population.


26 posted on 10/28/2022 7:27:31 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Sacajaweau

Thing is, you can’t always blame the guy. I don’t believe in these recreational abortions. There are some woke women (loosely stated) who get pregnant so they can proudly claim they’ve had an abortion.


27 posted on 10/28/2022 7:28:24 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: nickcarraway
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Thing is, you can't always blame the guy. I don't believe in these recreational abortions. There are some woke women (loosely stated) who get pregnant so they can proudly claim they've had an abortion.

28 posted on 10/28/2022 7:28:53 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Walk In The Rain So Nobody Can See My Tears)
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To: nickcarraway

Liberals self sterilization.


29 posted on 10/28/2022 7:36:42 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: nickcarraway

So... Demand goes up, and the price goes down?
I’ll have to think about that one...


30 posted on 10/28/2022 7:47:57 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Organic Panic

I know :) . . . I posted it for people sitting on the fence.


31 posted on 10/28/2022 8:12:05 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com)
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To: Maudeen

They want to murder when they want to murder and be told its a good thing.


32 posted on 10/28/2022 8:24:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Natural selection. And their girlfriends will still get pregnant.


33 posted on 10/29/2022 8:04:49 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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