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From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Vasectomy: Health Effects on Women?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Eric Skagerberg) writes:
> Does anyone know of any studies done on the long-term health effects of a
> man's vasectomy on his female partner?
>
> I've seen plenty of study results about vasectomy's effects on men's health,
> but what about women?
>
> For example, might the wife of a vasectomized man become more at risk for,
> say, cervical cancer? Adverse effects from sperm antibodies? Changes in the
> vagina's pH? Yeast or bacterial infections?
>
> Outside of study results, how about informed speculation?
I've heard of NO studies, but speculation:
Why on _earth_ would there be any effect on women's health? That's about
the most absurd idea I've heard since Ted Kaldis's claim that no more than
35,000 people would march on Washington.
Ok, _one_ point: Greatly reduced chance of pregnancy. But that's it.
--Josh