November 7, 2014

Fear and good information might get a man to wear a condom, but World Vasectomy Day needed compelling stories and there was no shortage of them. There were men who traveled hundreds of miles to have the procedure for their wives, and those who did it to help their children emerge from poverty. These men, who rise up and shoulder responsibility for family planning -- although still the minority -- serve as our inspiration.

November 7, 2014

Stein, who has performed over 30,000 vasectomies, said they created World Vasectomy Day because unplanned pregnancies are a huge strain on people's lives and cause massive social disruption across the US and the rest of the world.

October 3, 2014

World Vasectomy Day is not just about how many vasectomies are completed, but how many conversations are launched,” Stack said in a statement. "Engaging men in family planning is the right thing to do for yourself, for your family and for our future.

November 11, 2014

The founders of World Vasectomy Day, based in Florida, performed procedures on more than two dozen men live on the Internet on Friday, and they said several thousand more vasectomies took place around the world as part of the awareness campaign.

November 6, 2014

If that sounds horrifying, take a deep breath and read on. Vasectomies aren’t the graphic procedures that the male readers of this article are currently imagining. It isn’t a particularly invasive procedure, but still most men shudder at the idea of having it done.

November 7, 2014

It sounds extreme — and no, a live vasectomy feed is neither for the surgery-averse nor those opposed to viewing a stranger's genitalia — but the chatty, calm environment of the goings-on underscores just how easy, painless, and fast a vasectomy is.

November 7, 2014

Men are often left out of the conversation about the need for family-planning services and how to address population growth. Not anymore, thanks to a global initiative to include more men in these conversations and to celebrate those who are the unsung heroes of their families and the planet.

November 7, 2014

"Let's honor the men who have chosen to take responsibility and let them set a standard for those who have not done so. Let's honor the men who have done what's right ... for their families and their partners and the planet," Stein said.

October 18, 2013

RiAus is teamed up with film-makers Smith&Nasht and Gabriel Films to stage a vasectomy-athon in support of the inaugural World Vasectomy Day on 18 October 2013. The event saw high profile vasectomist, Dr Doug Stein, perform vasectomies on volunteers while fielding questions from the audience. He was joined by renowned thinkers, academics and activists to debate the future of our planet.

November 7, 2014

Whether it can inject vasectomies or other family-planning measures into grand-scale climate discussions remains to be seen, since the optics of talking about population control have generally kept it on the back burner. But organizers are hoping that they can at least change the conversation around vasectomies and make the surgery more appealing.

Oct. 17, 2013

That was the inspiration for World Vasectomy Day on Friday. The dream to fund a school in the Amazon morphed into a global event whose purpose is to inspire a conversation about sexuality, male responsibility for family planning, and of course the complex issue of population on the planet.