Cheekywhiskers, I don't think your analogy works. In the case of a vet, it's a human making a decision for someone else (an animal) that is not in the animal's best interests. That's different from the case of a doctor telling a woman she cannot be sterilized because she's not capable of making that decision, not yet having had children, or a sufficient number of children, or children of the *right* sex. There's also the fact that, medically, sterilization has benefits as well as potential negatives - after all, pregnancy and childbirth still have significant health risks, not to mention the costs (psychological, emotional, financial) of unwanted pregnancies and the decisions that go along with them, including lifetime effects on unwanted children.<br><br>
Strangely, so many doctors are willing to perform all kinds of cosmetic procedures, which are not without significant physical/medical risks, often to the point of mutilation and beyond.
Strangely, so many doctors are willing to perform all kinds of cosmetic procedures, which are not without significant physical/medical risks, often to the point of mutilation and beyond.