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juno jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 08:03 PM
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14. Part of the problem is that many low-income women give birth
Edited on Fri Jan-18-08 08:12 PM by junofeb
in the only hospitals that will accept medicaid and charity patients. A good number of these are religiously affiliated. For example, in my pregnancies, I was sent to the local Catholic hospital for birth, and of course there was no mention of future birth control or even the option of ligation. I insisted on ligation (after three kids, I would WISH a doctor would quit asking 'are you sure?')and had the priveledge of having it done in the other local hospital because of course the Catholic one would rather have me spitting out kids for the greater glory of god the rest of my life.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, IMO, these women are not getting the information or help they need because of their necessary reliance on medicaid and charity and the hospitals and doctors they are then limited to.

PS I insisted on the ligation because of fertility. The second pregnancy was twins. 30% chance of having another pair. Three's enough.
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