You learn something everyday.

[ccharles000]

I was talking to my Grandma today and she told me when she had her sixth child she wanted to have her tubes tied. They told her she had to have my Grandpas permission and at first he said no but after a while he agreed and that was her last kid. I never knew women had to have their husbands permission to have their tubes tied.

[nancyr]

1. Here's one that's even worse.

My Mother had a cousin who had a hysterectomy because her husband and her Father asked the doctor to do it. She was deemed "nervous", and therefore it was decided that she should not bear children. She had no say in the matter.

[ccharles000]

8. God that is terrible.

[MedleyMisty]

2. I'm fairly sure it's not like that anymore.

At least not in NC - maybe it varies from state to state.

My mother had hers done after me - she never said anything about needing permission from my father.

I think she did say something about a doctor telling her she was too young to have it done.

[ccharles000]

7. Delete.

replied to wrong post.

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Yes that was common practice for many years

And when I had my tubes tied 20 years ago, I didn't need my husband's permission but they made me go in for a psyc evaluation. :scared:

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Absolutely, it was still in practice in the 1970's. Married women had to have 'permission' and

single women who requested the same were thrown out of the doctor's office.

[Lex]

5. Not too long ago, birth control measures were against the law.

For single people and even married people.

Other than calendar-based methods, that is.

The fundies would like to see that day again I'm sure.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

6. It worked both ways

A married man used to have to get his wife's permission to have a vasectomy. That was in Ohio in the 1970s.

[rox63]

9. My mother got a visit from the parish priest trying to talk her out of getting her tubes tied

Although my brother and I were brought up Catholic, my mother was not a practicing Catholic. (long story) But when my parents decided that 2 kids were enough, she got an unannounced visit from the local parish priest, trying to talk her out of getting her tubes tied. One of his reasons he gave was "What if one of your children dies?". She told him that her kids were distinct individuals, and were not replaceable.

[Tesha]

10. Please take the time to read about this SCotUS case: Griswold v. Connecticut

It's only as recent as 1965 when contraception *EVEN
BECAME LEGAL* across this country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut

Tesha

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Cable has been replaying a movie called "Iron Jawed Angels"...

...about how women got the right to vote.

If you get a chance to watch it, I recommend it, if just to see a glimpse of what women weren't allowed to do.

[ccharles000]

12. Thanks for telling me.

I will try to catch it.