Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) said she’s received death threats after revealing during a rally last week that she underwent voluntary sterilization because she was concerned about the future of reproductive health care during President Donald Trump’s second term in office.
I personally have at least three friends who have gotten sterilized or have appointments as a result of the election. I myself am glad I’m already sterile (via being trans)
Besides, bringing a kid into this environment is frankly immoral
Sterilization as a response to political chaos is the ultimate indictment of the system. Your friends’ decisions—and yours—are a grim testament to how dystopian things have become. The fact that anyone feels compelled to make irreversible choices because they can’t trust their government to safeguard basic rights is a failure on every level.
And you’re right: bringing a child into this mess does feel like an act of reckless optimism. But isn’t that the tragedy? That the future feels so bleak, we’re opting out of it entirely? It’s not just about personal choices anymore; it’s about a collective loss of hope. A society where survival instincts override the desire to create life is one that has fundamentally lost its way.
I have an appointment with a urologist in March and plan on scheduling a vasectomy at the earliest available time. I’m bringing my wife with me so that we can skip any potential “is your spouse okay with this” step.