r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 06 '25

Health After the US overturned Roe v Wade, permanent contraception surged among young adults living in states likely to ban abortion, new research found. Compared to May 2022, August 2022 saw 95% more vasectomies and 70% more tubal sterilizations performed on people between the ages of 19 and 26.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/permanent-contraception-abortion-roe-v-wade
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u/Momoselfie Jan 07 '25

The only sad thing is a lot of smarter people are removing themselves from the gene pool. Makes you worry about future generations.

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u/Phyraxus56 Jan 07 '25

They must not be that smart if they're doing that.

The problem will sort itself out.

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u/Xeta24 Jan 07 '25

You're not smart if you don't want to have kids?

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u/Phyraxus56 Jan 07 '25

There's certainly something abnormal about it

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u/After-Imagination-96 Jan 07 '25

Have you seen the documentary called Idiocracy?

You're the punchline

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u/Phyraxus56 Jan 07 '25

You must've missed the point if you think it's a documentary.

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u/Kheprisun Jan 07 '25

The joke.

Your head.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '25

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u/Phyraxus56 Jan 07 '25

Naw the smart thing would be to make generational wealth.

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u/tidho Jan 07 '25

yeah.... that's not what's happening.

a lot of college educated people are (but that doesn't mean "smart"), and a lot of overly reactionary people are (and that generally means, "not smart").