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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 128 points 1 month ago (5 children)

TOKYO: The leader of a Japanese conservative party has apologised for saying the solution to the nation’s population crisis would be to ban women from getting married after the age of 25 and have their uteruses removed at 30.

Feels like kinda burying the lede here.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

oh I would LOVE to have my uterus removed! I tryied but.the doctor keep saying that "you may still want to have kids". IM 40! and I never wanted them until now, really doubt I'll change my mind radically

edit: why don't I have autonomy.over.my own body?

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Try talking directly with a surgeon. Doctors can be hesitant about fairly invasive surgeries like that, but surgeons almost always want to cut.

It's a vastly different situation but I had to do something similar for a carpal tunnel release. Doctors danced around the issue for years giving me braces, stretches, and work notes. But one call with an orthopedic surgeon and I was in for a consult within the week and surgery a couple months later.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

That's really fucked up, I'm sorry. Especially because it's an informed decision.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Idk about nowadays but I think childfree (or related sub) on the other site had a list of known good doctors who'd do vasectomies and tubal ligations without the whole bs about but you might want kids (or more kids) later/let's ask your husband bullshittery.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

I don't know if it's changed here, but even as a guy trying to get sterilized without being married nor having kids was work. I found someone to do it and paid out-of-pocket to get it done. I've heard similar stories from women living here.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your doctor is saying that … are they also refusing to help you get it done?

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Til this is a thing

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What in the cinnamon toast fuck

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

That's quite confusing actually, don't they want people having more children, not less?

[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That means the men are free to marry each other right? Right?

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is that a requirement right now? If you marry after 25 you have to have your uterus removed by 30? Hence why he wanted to ban it?

Weird requirement.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

No.

There are two things this person was suggesting:

ban women from getting married after the age of 25

and

  1. have their uteruses removed at 30