World Vasectomy Day Countdown! Day 8

"I support World Vasectomy Day because a vasectomy is far less invasive than tubal ligation and less potentially damaging than hormones."

There are many compelling reasons for supporting World Vasectomy Day, like the over 325 million women who have had tubal ligations—six times the number of vasectomies - even though they are far more invasive, or, that while each of two procedures fail about 1% of the time, a failure in vasectomy results in a normal pregnancy, while a tubal ligation failure can result in an ectopic pregnancy, a leading cause of maternal mortality.

And yes, it’s true that a small number of men, about 1%, suffer long lasting pain after a vasectomy. And while, each of the men for whom a vasectomy might have failed, deserve our full sympathy, the truth is, there is no effective long lasting form of birth control that doesn’t carry some risk. The difference is that taking risks and making a sacrifice is what women do every day for over one third of their lives. Isn’t it right that we take on some of the risk that comes with being responsible?