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In July, a handful of people gathered in the shade of a large pine tree in Helena, Montana for a going-away party of sorts.
Their friend, Dani Marietti, was going to have her fallopian tubes removed.
It was a decision she had made after a draft of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion was leaked to the press.
The small group kicked off the "sterilization shower" for the 25-year-old by laying out chalk-written signs that said "See Ya Later Ovulater" and "I got 99 problems but tubes ain't one." They munched on cookies that had abortion-rights slogans, such as "My Body, My Choice," written on them in frosting. ...
Both of my husbands enjoyed the freedom of a vasectomy after our marriage.
After he third child, my oldest brother's wife insisted he get a basectomy, because she didn't want to get pregnant again. So, he does, and she has an affair with a neighbor, and she bot pregnant.
My brother offered to raise the kid as his own, but she insisted on a divorce. He paid child support, even though the kids ended up moving back in with him.
@snytiger I hope it's not offensive for me to call your brother a saint.
Removal? Why not just tie them as I did at age 23, about a billion years ago......