Is Abington Hospital in Pennsylvania going to give a 21 year old a hard time if he wants to get a vasectomy? ?

Question

My bf wanted to get one last year, but we decided he should wait till at least he is 21...now we decided we will try that hospital and I want to know if they are going to give us a hard time just because he is "young". If anybody knows some place near that hospital that will just do it with barely any questions asked, please tell!

Answer 1

no, as long as he's 18 and can pay for it, it's his choice (just like an abortion)

Answer 2

if they give you guys a problem, just tell them you have 4 kids and are on welfare...they should line him up for a snip pretty quick...

Answer 3

I should hope that they WILL give him a hard time, because he's really too young to decide that he NEVER wants kids (or more kids, if he's a dad already). Although they can sometimes be reversed (at great difficulty and expense), a vasectomy is usually for life.

A typical vasectomy patient is aged mid 30s to 40s, married or in a very long term and stable relationship, and has already fathered all of the children he will ever want to.

At your age, what's wrong with using condoms, the pill, etc.... ?

Make sure he at least reads this:

http://www.vasectomy.com/ProcedureDetail...

Answer 4

I got one at 21.  I have no kids at all.  They didn’t give me any trouble as I told them I already had a child.  Prior to that I had tried when I was 18, and at 19.  Both times I told them I didn't want children, so they tried to refer me to a mental health councilor.  But that was over 20 years ago.  Back then being "child-free" or not wanting children was considered a mental illness.  Today people are much more enlightened.

If they give any trouble, just go to a different doctor.  Usually non-profit clinics are less picky.

Good luck

Answer 5

I'm getting a vasectomy and have no children and I am 22

can't wait 9/15/08!!!

I will be FREE!