Men across the nation are engaging in acts of “love” toward their partners by receiving vasectomies as a form of protest against the controversial Texas abortion law.
Dr. Koushik Shaw at the Austin Urology Institute in Texas informed the Washington Post he has seen a 15% increase in men coming in for scheduled vasectomies. After the Texas ban was enacted on Sept. 1, Shaw noted that men were there for the procedure because the law affected “family planning.”
Shaw said patients would explain they were there “‘because some of these changes that [Gov. Greg] Abbott and our Legislature have passed that are really impacting our decision-making in terms of family planning.'”
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“So that was a new one for me as a reason — the first time, patients are citing a state law as their motivating factor,” Shaw said.
S.B. 8., signed into effect in May by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, prohibits medical workers and abortion clinics from performing abortions if they have “detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child,” but it does provide exemptions for emergencies.
Under the law, individuals are allowed to sue anyone who provides abortion services or “aids or abets” them, even after a heartbeat has been detected, according to the text of the law. People can be subject to fines of up to $10,000 in “statutory damages” under civil lawsuits filed.
Urologist Doug Stein, also known as the “Vasectomy King” on billboards, advertisements, and coasters promoting the usage of the procedure for men, describes vasectomies as being “an act of love,” according to the outlet.
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“It’s a remarkable trend in the family planning community of recognizing and promoting vasectomy and birth control for men, where this was once considered more fringe,” said Sarah Miller, a Boston-based doctor who specializes in family medicine and supports Stein’s “act of Love” movement.
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Dec. 1 in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case, centered on Mississippi’s law prohibiting most abortions from being performed after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A ruling from the court could possibly affect the 1973 decision that ruled that abortion access a constitutional right for women.
