To wonder if boys should be vasectomised at birth?

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If a vasectomy was painless, 100% reversible and could only be reversed when the boy had reached adulthood and had some counselling sessions to help him understand the implications of his decision, would it be a good idea to make vasectomies normal for baby boys?

Just musing on the threads about child services, child abuse and thinking about accidental pregnancies

YANBU to want to minimise abuse and unwanted pregnancies.

YAonanotherfucking planet with that suggestion. What the actual fuck?!

What the actual fuck??

Also (and I am not sure why I am entertaining the Op but never mind) but by taking away the risk of unwanted pregnancies you could well lead to an increase in people having casual sex without worrying about protection therefore increasing the risk of STIs

Sometimes when you think things, it's probably not best to voice them.

Especially when your idea is fucking ridiculous.

Yeah sure OP, . as someone whoa watched hwe child go through countless operations, whose child may well be infertile I'd say yeah, let's put babies through operations just to save on the Pill. Presumably we're then going to be prescriptive about who can have the reversal - education, genetics, class?

Babies are usually 50% mother 50% father, FYI.

I can't bear this demonising of boys/men.

Ssshh now.

And how the fk would it affect abuse rates?? If anything it takes away some of the fear of being caught if pregnancy isnt a risl

Are you basically proposing all mrn are potential child abusers andwho do you propose decides when a man is suitable to be made fertile.

This feels a bit Daily Mail to me.

So, I think we can conclude that YABU. Hope that helps.

If this is for boys, then girls should endure the same!!

What illegal drugs have you been taking tonight!

OK. Thought experiment.

If it was 100% safe, painless, and reversible.

Why not?

Please note. I know it isn't any of those things.

Nokia3310 yes I have a son. He's not circumcised but if that's a legitimate option in many countries, why wouldn't this also be?

Agree with the posters who point out it should apply to girls too, except that getting tubes tied is major surgery whereas vasectomies aren't.

The PP who reframed it as "opting into fertility" pretty much summed up where I was going with the idea.

Are you on glue?

FGM is a "legitimate option in many countries" doesn't make it right!

Why is "opting in" to fertility such a bad idea?

BertrandRussell exactly, thought experiment.

He's not circumcised but if that's a legitimate option in many countries, why wouldn't this also be?

FGM is a thing in some countries too. Doesn't make it OK.
Doesn't mean we can fuck about with the anatomy of newborns because some people are fuckwits.

Quite apart from anything else, is it even possible to perform a vasectomy when his balls haven't dropped?

X-post with sirzy

Nobody interested in discussing?

Is this one of your inner thoughts escaping OP?