• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Because medical ethics requires some degree of confidence that you’re not making a permanent decision that you’ll regret.

    Unnecessary hurdles like mandatory waiting periods, refusing to do it without someone else’s consent, or refusal to do it at all if you’re childless are wrong, but making sure someone understands the procedure and it’s consequences and that what they’re asking for is actually solving the complaint they want to solve is just being responsible.

    Doctors aren’t mechanics.