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Re: HomebirthsFrom: ainsron (ainsron@sbcglobal.net)Tue Nov 22 09:58:05 2005
In residency we used the rule of "75," the mother's age multiplied by her parity had to be greater than or equal to 75. I.E., a multip age 25 with three children could be sterilized, but a 35 yo with two children could not. Never made much sense to me, but a lot of things in institutions when carried to extremes do not. This was in 1975-79, in a USAF hospital, and patients and husbands also had to attend a sterilization counseling session together and both had to sign the consent, irregardless of which one was being sterilized. That changed in about 1975, when the Supreme Court mandated that no one has the right to veto a competent adult's decision regarding reproduction. Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Joanne Bulley, MD Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 8:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: Homebirths Regarding vasectomy: when my folks decided on vasectomy (my mom was an RN - and had had an illegal "kitchen table" termination ... for my dad to ahve a vasectomy, he had to ahve a note signed by my mother's doctor saying she medically could not / should not have any more children (having already had three) ... my mom's doc said, "you can certainly have more children" and my mom said "but I am not - sign the paper"! In some hospitals the "rules" for allowing sterilization procedures was something like 4 kids or more and 40 years old ... and various other rules. It was really left to each community or hospital to regulate this. I am certain that Britain -- or any other country has laws - or local regulations - that would make others of us say "WHAT?!?!?" as well. Joanne
At Mon, 21 Nov 2005, GA12L@aol.com wrote:
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-- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA
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