When I was 18 years old I was forcibly sterilized by my father and his MD surgeon friend a 🧵 I wasn't fully able to comprehend what was happening to me due to the fact I had been conditioned my entire life to believe this was my only option.(1
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I was always told I could adopt. It was just what it was and I didn't think or know or even comprehend that there might be other options or that I could even possibly have a baby on my own...but what I wasn't prepared for (2
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was that the medical condition I had that caused men to believe it would be best if I was sterilized, would also keep me from being able to not only adopt but to foster. And while I was told that a cure was 5 years away (it wasn't (3
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what wasn't far off was technology that would allow most women with my condition to successfully carry children to term safely. So really my best option to be a mom was the one taken from me. I'm a product of eugenics, and it took me a long (4
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time to be able to accept that.
So what is my medical condition? I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1978. (5/5)
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@BARTAficianado
The Dr. that wanted the surgery done was Dr. Pickering of Reno NV. The surgeon was Dr. Jay Beams MD of Susanville CA. The surgery itself was performed in Redding California in 1992
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@914Ann
I am so sorry to read this, I was diagnosed as T1D in1967 in the UK I didn’t have to face what you have. I send my love
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@914Ann
So sd. So sorry. Terrible when people try to mess with things they have no business. You should have been allowed to just live and be. Bless you
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@914Ann
That is horrendous. I was told it would be dangerous to have a baby. They would be too big. My babies were less than 7lb. I know plenty that have had bigger babies
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@914Ann
I’m so sorry and horrified to read what happened to you. My cousin was diagnosed with Type 1 c1975 and went on to have 2 children. She also became an OB/GYN. What happened to you was so wrong.
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@914Ann
That's outrageous! Very sad! For me it was my choice not to father a child. I didn't want to take the chance of spreading bad genetics.
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