tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post2326416000104401940..comments2023-07-21T06:19:27.125-07:00Comments on Childless by Marriage: Eugenics caused thousands to be childlessSue Fagalde Lickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740379397806418651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-29234181262706424552012-04-11T11:58:28.277-07:002012-04-11T11:58:28.277-07:00Transvaginal ultrasounds (TVAs) are par-for-the-co...Transvaginal ultrasounds (TVAs) are par-for-the-course in IVF. Having gone through it, I don't think they are a big deal, but I can accept having one since it was necessary for treatment. In fact, most medical procedures that I can think of are less than pleasant, but we tolerate them because we know that they are for our own benefit. When they are NOT necessary, it's a deeply personal violation. I cannot begin to describe how it disgusts me that politicians can mess around with medical practice and common sense by signing unnecessary procedures like this into state law. I think it's no coincidence that the sterilization mandates brings this current issue to mind. Thankfully, states now recognize that involuntary sterilization is terribly wrong and are even talking about compensating victims (North Carolina in particular).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-43671428603726455732012-04-11T11:20:08.535-07:002012-04-11T11:20:08.535-07:00Anonymous, I totally agree with you. Our choices m...Anonymous, I totally agree with you. Our choices may or may not turn out well, but we should have a choice. <br /><br />Regarding that transvaginal ultrasound, I had one last year for a growth that proved to be nothing. I didn't know it was coming, and it was pretty awful. Pre-abortion, I imagine, it would be much worse.Sue Fagalde Lickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740379397806418651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-58872750979499689582012-04-11T10:40:27.483-07:002012-04-11T10:40:27.483-07:00The practice of eugenics like that is nothing more...The practice of eugenics like that is nothing more than criminal. Any doctor engaging in performing an invasive procedure that has absolutely no benefit to the patient, and against the patient's will, should at least lose their license to practice. Come to think of it, this applies to the mandated transvaginal ultrasounds given before a woman gets an abortion (sorry, this is different subject). <br /><br />I have known disabled people to give birth to perfectly healthy babies and who, at the same time, have been terrific parents. Likewise, I also have known people who have avoided procreating because they carry a horrible disease and choose not to take a chance to pass it along to offspring. The key term here is "choice". We should all have the freedom to reproduce or not. When we're deprived of choice for valid reasons (biological or a non-permissive situation due to our own decision), it sucks, but is somehow easier to live with than to have that choice forcibly taken away.<br /><br />That's my 2 cts anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com