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  • wtgW Offline
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    Woman denied permanent birth control on NHS wins case with ombudsman

    Leah Spasova from Oxfordshire fought for 10 years to obtain tubal ligation procedure, while men could get vasectomies

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/01/woman-denied-permanent-birth-control-nhs-wins-case-ombudsman-leah-spasova

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      Bernard
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      That's weird. Both vasectomies and tubal ligations are reversible with high success rates, which makes it hard to understand the 'regret' argument.

      The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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        The operating and recovery effects on and costs to our NHS will have been the true factors causing reluctance to provide.

        Ventosa viri restabit

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          Though the woman raised what I think is a valid point:

          She said the procedure “done in an overpriced private clinic can cost anywhere between £2,000 and £4,000. Having read the committee’s meeting notes from September 2017 and others, I found that female sterilisation costs around £1,000.”

          She continued: “The average price for the contraceptive pill today is £22.04. If the NHS was to fund this for a woman for 20 years, the total spent would be £5,289.60.”

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            Daniel
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            We wouldn't know about a troubled national health service since we don't have one in the first place.

            'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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