So, I decided to get a vasectomy. I’m over 50. I already have a child. I’m single, and don’t want any more kids. I want to be responsible.
I told the doctor exactly this today and she replied that I can’t get one b/c I’m not married.
This shocked me.
I pressed the matter.
I could get a vasectomy if a family member signs off on it, but there is only my daughter, who they said doesn’t count.
WTF on all of this.
I’m an adult wanting to make my own decision about my body. I’m already pro-choice, and now I’m having a small taste that issue myself. Welcome to the rest of the world, Mr.Man, I told myself.
Anyway, I’m flabbergasted and stunned.
I’ve seen that other people on this site have gotten vasectomies here in Taiwan. I assume now they are all married men?
Anybody refused a vasectomy here? Is this all true?
What a dumbass law.
Well, all I can say @OP, is that I am glad you already understand the concept of “my body, my choice”. It’s a bit amusing to me as a woman that this goes both ways in Taiwan. It’s sad that a few old men and one young “Christian” woman decided that’s not a viable concept for anyone in the good old USA…
My good friend went through the same thing here about ten years ago, and I was shocked as well. He finally was able to get the vasectomy, only because he had a student who was a doctor. That doctor was able to pull some strings for my friend. 關係 wins again.
(By the way, my friend is married now; they have three cat children and are perfectly happy)
The requirement for spouse’s consent as set forth in paragraph 1 above may be dispensed with if his/her spouse is missing, where about unknown, becomes unconscious or deranded.
bold text in paragraph 3 says unmarried men can have this done, so it seems there are no issues. perhaps the only issue is proof of not being married. it’s a weird law to begin with, but they are not saying no.
Its definitely a violation of your free-will. But I’ve heard stories of men suffering from depression and tiredness after getting snipped.
I would worry, in Taoist terms, that it cuts us off from our male energy, jing, or whatever. In Western medicine, I’d be cautious about testosterone loss.
After you get over the fact that that the Doctor’s approach is patronizing, bureaucratically Kafkaesque, and circularly-logical… fate may have been doing you a favour.
JMO.
Raw male energy is precious.
Could you not wait a month or two, and research it deeper? Is it urgent. Do you really have xiaojies banging down your door, and clawing you on the MRT?
