A woman claimed a male doctor refused to tie her fallopian tubes because “a woman should not make that decision without a man”.
Sarah-Jo Baskin, posted a video on TikTok after someone asked people to share stories about the “most sexist thing a man has ever said to you.”
Baskin recalled a conversation she had with a male doctor after the traumatic birth of her second child at the age of 27.
The complications put her and her son in medical danger—which leads her to not want to have any more children.
“Mine has got to be when I was 27 years old,” she said in the video. “I had just had my second child and I was talking to the doctor about getting my tubes tied because at that point I did not want any more children.”
“The labor and delivery almost killed me and my son, so I was like, Nope, don’t want any more.”
Although getting her fallopian tubes tied is well within her rights, the mother claims the male doctor refused to do it.
The male doctor allegedly told her he believes “it’s best that a man and a woman make that decision together” and that he thought she shouldn’t make the decision by herself.
Baskin was shocked by his refusal, and said: “What does that have to do with anything? This is my body and I want to have my tubes tied.”
The doctor allegedly said in return: “I’m not tying your tubes, I do not think a woman should make that decision.”
Many people told Baskin that they hoped she had reported him.
Commenters also asked if he would have had the same hesitations if a man had asked him for a vasectomy.
“If you have a partner, discuss it with them before you decide,” the NHS website advises. “If possible, you should both agree to the procedure, but it’s not a legal requirement to get your partner’s permission.”