More men are seeking vasectomies now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe
The day after the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion about Roe v. Wade was published online, Sam Peagler made an appointment to get a vasectomy.
The day after the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion about Roe v. Wade was published online, Sam Peagler made an appointment to get a vasectomy.
Peagler, 26, a copywriter for Meta who lives in Austin, Texas, decided with his wife years ago that they didn’t want children. He'd figured he would get the procedure after he turned 30, but he moved up the timeline because he felt a need "to exercise my bodily autonomy to protect her and protect myself," he said.
"I’ve been wanting to get a vasectomy, at least planning on it at some point, for most of my adult life," Peagler said. "I was comfortable in the decision that I wasn’t going to have children, and my wife was comfortable with it, as well. It was something we discussed together."
The vasectomy, a form of medical sterilization in which sperm is surgically blocked in a man, was performed last month.
Sam Peagler and his wife.Courtesy Sam Peagler"Once [the draft] came out, I knew things weren’t going to get better, at least not for a while," he said.
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