Show Page 8 April 27 1970 country as an estimated two million Americans have chosen the safest surest and in the long run the cheapest form of contraception This year more than 100000 other Americans-bette- r irth control Sterilization Costs A $150 of them men-wi- ll opt for find it voluntary sterilization Some of these will very difficult to obtain the operation than 60 percent and operation sexual -- Subject: Taboo decade ago the subject of sterilization like that of abortion was seldom considered fit for mixed company But while each year hundreds of thousands of Americans secretly resorted to illegal abortions only a handful of others sought out sterilization which was legal in most states Times have changed however so much so that in 1969 the AVS reports getting 3707 requests for referrals to doctors who will perform the operation — quadruple the number of requests in Utah: Lone State 1966 I greater danger in this area than any other medical procedure" Nevertheless Rague continued men can obtain the operation with relative ease There’s always some doctor who will do it and the AVS itself makes referrals to 1600 physicians around the country Women on the other hand are often subject to the whims of hospital committees many of which still follow the recently-change- d standard of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology sterilization" Requested By Women Five years ago Rague continued most sterilization requests came from women although the female operation was and is more delicate and more costly than for the male More women than men sought the operation Rague maintains for a number of reasons: women who bear both the children and the brunt of the burden of raising them openly discussed sterilization among themselves men largely ignored the subject because historically contraception has been a woman’s problem and because “men have long equated sterilization with castration and dimunition of sexual Population threat adds new urgency Complicated Formula The old standard whichRague says must have y been conceived a Houdini called for an formula: no woman could be sterilized unless her age times her number of children mother of three equaled 120 Thus a would be denied the operation because three times 37 equal 111 while if the woman were 40 she would be granted the operation Because the AVS believes that any man or "woman over the age of legal consent should be able to elect sterilization the Association last age-parit- prowess" In recent years Rague continued more and REPORTING: more men began considering sterilization as the myths perpetuated by rumor were dispelled NAOMI ROCK AP Newswrifer by an airing of the facts rman wtofcas-jus- t birth to her eighth child is sterilized while still on the delivery table Across town in another hosDital an abortion- sterilization mother of sterilization request of a two man Nearby in a doctor's office a married and the father of two undergoes a operation that he has been told simple will leave him permanently sterile Common Practice In recent years incidents such as these have become increasingly common across the year gave the Mararet Sanger Research Bureau in New York City $30000 to set up the country’s HnJirst Vasectomy Service Since early March when a nationwfcfe“ magazine 'ptlttficized of the service the clinic has been swamped with phone and letter requests for the Passageways Sealed NEW YORK (AP) — In a large metropolitan In "both the male' arrd dWemale-rilication- does not involve the removal of any gland or organ It merely seals Although voluntary sterilization is legal for any reason in 49 states Utah limits it to "medical necessity” and a recent Gallup Poll showed the 64 percent of the country favors it for socio' economic reasons it is often difficult to obtain particularly for women Rague says that doctors are to blame "So many doctors are ignorant of the facts” "Some fears that the Rague maintains Others is fear they will be sued operation illegal for malpractice although sterilization poses no - "There’s a new awareness and new urgency today" AVS executive director John Rague says "The of sterilization's growing popularity decline of American puritanism coupled with the growing problems of birth control abortion and the population explosion have made increasing numbers of people at least consider stern iz a interfere with normal responses The onlv difference is that in a woman the egg is prevented from reaching the uterus and in a man the sperm is prevented from reaching the semen Individuals seeking sterilization are warned that the procedure is considered irreversible — even though studies have proven up to 90 percent reversibility for men and 65 percent for women A haspiTSS - $300 Studies done by urologists the doctors who usually perform sterilizations have shown that neither in the' man nor in the woman does the This is the nationwide sterilization picture outlined by the Association for Voluntary Sterilization The AVS a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York is devoted to promoting both sterilizatpon as a solution for family and population problems and medical research in the field numder vasectomy generally costs between $50 and while a salpingectomy varies between $150 e-existence off the passageways sPgriP and ovum together Sterilization in a man called a vasectomy minute operation usually involves a in a doctor’s office The under local anesthetic patient can usually go home immediately and to work the following day For a female the operation is done in a hospital where the woman must remain for two or three days Called a salpingectomy the operation involves the cutting and tying off of the Fallopian tubes Who- - are the most likely candidateTtor" sterilization? AVS records for 1969 show that of 509 operations 78 percent were male 10 percent were 25 or younger nearly 19 percent were between 26 and 29 224 percent were between 30 and 34 22 percent were between 35 and 39 and the rest were 40 and over The vast majority of the 509 had at least completed high school and nearly half had incomes over $10000 15-to-- AVS-arrang- ed Doctor elected imi Dr Basil C Hansen has been elected president elect of the Department of Higher Education the of Utah Education Association This will be the second term as president for Dr Hansen He has also served as vice president of UEA and board member for seven years Dr Hansen is professor of educational philosophy in the Department of Education Administration at Utah State COMING! 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