sterilisation

Woman explains why she opted to get sterilised at 31-years-old

Woman explains why she opted to get sterilised at 31-years-old

A woman has explained why she decided to get sterilised at 31-years-old. Gwynn MacKellen has said that she never wanted to have children due to climate change. So, to ensure that she never could, she opted to undergo a sterilisation procedure. Speaking to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning this week, MacKellen said that […]

8 years ago

‘My decision to make not theirs…’ The women sterilised by the state in the 90s

‘My decision to make not theirs…’ The women sterilised by the state in the 90s

It’s an unimaginable situation: a state-sanctioned sterilisation programme. But that’s what happened in Peru in the late 1990s… and more and more people – especially women – are now speaking out. Shockingly, without her knowledge Victoria Vigo was sterilised following an emergency caesarian in 1996. “I wanted to have more children, but that choice was […]

10 years ago

Woman Wins Four-Year-Long Battle To Be Sterilised At 30

Woman Wins Four-Year-Long Battle To Be Sterilised At 30

I always knew I wanted to be a mama some day, and did always, when I thought of my future, envision it to be filled with pitter patter and prams and babies and the lovely chaos all this inevitably brings.  To other women, this is about as far from the future they dream of as […]

11 years ago

Woman (29) speaks out about decision to undergo sterilisation

Woman (29) speaks out about decision to undergo sterilisation

The right time to start a family varies from person to person. Some want to have children as soon as possible. Others focus on their careers before deciding to settle down, whilst others decide it’s not for them. The bottom line is that when – or if – it happens, it happens. Twenty-nine-year-old Holly Brockwell […]

11 years ago