Oliver Charbonneau, a 28 year old from Canada got a vasectomy in November,
when the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe v Wade.
He shared his experience on Facebook to encourage other men to get one.
He said, you're not dancing tango alone so we have to share the responsibility.
I'm not sure why you need a vasectomy to dance but
whatever you say Oliver, he also wrote on Facebook last June,
vasectomy is a safe alternative to female birth control.
Contraception is not only on women but on us men be smart, make the right choice.
So, I love this because birth control can be quite gruesome.
As he points out a safe safer alternative to birth control.
Let's talk about just some of the minor side effects of birth control
really quick.
Nausea, breast tenderness, headaches, spotting or breakthrough bleeding,
missed periods or thyroid issues, weight gain, mood changes,
decreased sex drive, vaginal discharge, increases rejection of contact lenses.
I mean, these are the minor side effects.
The major side effects are much more intense blood clots, high blood pressure,
liver tumors, increased breast cancer risk, increased cervical cancer risk.
Yeah, that's intense.
We had a Tiktor actually go viral this week, her name is Sydney.
And she posted about her experience going to the emergency room with a very
intense headache, which ended up being a blood clot in her brain from the birth
control she's been taking for two years.
And so I don't know, Oliver might be right.
He says he thinks men need to speak up.
He posted, women were talking about how shocked they were about what was
happening in the US but men, they were all silent.
No one was talking about it.
I'm not sure if we should speak in absolutes,
I'm glad you're speaking up Oliver.
Not sure you're the only one but thank you for speaking up.
And he did speak up and he said I think in the US,
I'm like whoa it's a huge regression about the rights.
You can't even decide if you want to keep it or not.
What a king, I like that he said it in a renewed broad terms.
Right, speaking to the other men with terms they can understand.
And he said it's painless, it was free and it was covered by health insurance.
The caveat is that Mr.
Oliver's in Canada where they have better health insurance than in the US.
But if you are in the US and you do have health insurance, you don't look into it.
It's an option.
>> Yeah, I mean it's interesting because if you're a man
who does not have children already,
you might get a few probing questions from the doctor.
But look if it's right for you and you wanna do it great, go for it.
I actually know a few people who have gotten vasectomies, because they
absolutely do not wanna have children and they don't regret the decision.
It's reversible but not without complications.
So if you are interested in that definitely like read up on all of it,
make sure you're fully informed.
But I actually wanted to go back and comment on what you said about birth
control for women, because you're absolutely right about that.
I mean I had terrible experiences every single one I tried and I'm
talking about oral birth control and I've tried many made me suicidal literally.
I remember being in the bathroom at work and
just like crying for absolutely no reason at all.
And it's because at the end of the day you're putting hormones in your body and
everyone's body is gonna react differently to that.
Some women have had great experiences with oral birth control and
I'm very happy that they have.
I wish every woman could experience that.
But there are other non hormonal options as well including a non
hormonal you d that was something that I considered and there are I.
U. D. S. That have
a hormone release component to it.
So read up on that.
But I like that this is sparking a conversation about the realities that so
many people are facing when it comes to reproductive health.
And at the end of the day more options for people is good.
And the idea of having the government get involved in any way even when it comes
to yes abortions I think is inappropriate and unacceptable.
Especially in a country that purports to be the land of the free can't be
the land of the free if you have the government making decisions on your
behalf regarding your health and bodily autonomy.
Yeah, I think it's such a good point to think about,,
who has carried the burden of birth control in our society for so long.
No one wants to get an abortion.
To my knowledge.
I've literally never met someone who's like,
what my plan a is to get an abortion.
I don't mind them.
I enjoy them.
No one is out seeking abortions.
Many people would like to to avoid getting pregnant if they're not ready for a child.
And I think the reason that there are so many unwanted
pregnancy is in large part because people with uteruses are thinking about birth
control far more than the people who can get vasectomies to put it that way.
And that's a big problem.
And so there are many other methods of birth control for
men that are not vasectomies that you can look into.
And it's a about time that we start thinking about reproduction as something
that is not on the onus of just the person who gets pregnant.
, yeah, a huge problem.
And we've covered this story in the past of now,
people in in House statehouses in the state Congress in
the state Senate talking about rolling back child support.
I mean, not only do they not have this burden of being the primary
person who's thinking about birth control, but
now they also might not be on the hook if that baby ends up coming.
And so I think we've got to get to a place where if we want real equality,
everyone is thinking about this because as our friend Oliver says,,
it takes two to tango.
Yeah, absolutely.
, I would love to see a sharing of the burdens with men.
We'll see.
We'll see what happens.
Yeah.
Maybe one day a girl can dream.