This is what I'm talking about

When I say that reproductive rights are about sooooooo much more than access to abortion, this is what I'm talking about.

A Canadian woman - who says she's opposed to abortion, by the way - wants to get her tubes tied following the birth of her second child in October. Her husband agrees that they only want the two kids. But, because she's only 21 years old, her OB-GYN is refusing to do the surgery. Yeah.

WTF? As an unmarried woman in my 20s, I'm used to being infantilized. But surely the right wing can get behind the autonomy of a married college graduate.

You know what? It's entirely possible, even probable, that this woman would one day regret her decision. A lot happens after 21. But how presumptous is it of a doctor to tell her that she doesn't *really* know what she's doing? That he knows best?

Lesson learned. At no point in her life, even married with the requisite children, is a woman capable of making choices that affect the rest of her life.

(via Feministing)