<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 10:52 AM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/sterilization/how-do-i-get-tubal-ligation-procedure" target="_blank">https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/sterilization/how-do-i-get-tubal-ligation-procedure</a><div><br></div><div>“<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Depending on where you live, there may be age restrictions or waiting periods to get a tubal ligation.”</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“<a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/vasectomy" style="box-sizing:inherit;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:none;outline-width:0px" target="_blank">Vasectomies</a> (aka male sterilization) are usually a lot cheaper than female sterilization.”</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Many ... Planned Parenthood health centers do tubal ligation.” Not all.</span><br><br>I don’t understand why you think it should be difficult?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>### Vasectomy is cheaper because it's technically easy and very safe, while tubal ligation is more difficult and has a small but no negligible risk of complications. </div></div></div>