Also plenty of people with chronic illnesses need to find a doctor who at bare minimum understands that the disease exists and is willing to try to treat it.
And women looking for birth control or sterilization procedures (even when sterilization is a side effect such as treatment of endometriosis) will need to “shop around” to find a doctor willing to do so, especially if they are not married and even more if they have no offspring.
I forgot about sterilization. I had no problems when I was sterilized; my doctor said that he didn’t do them, but he referred me to another doctor in the practice that did. That doctor asked a couple of brief questions, and then made the appointment for me. There was very little hassle. But I was married to my ex- at the time, and they went with me to appointments (esp. surgery, since they had to drive home). So even without kids already, it was pretty clear to the doctor that they were not wanted by either of us. I’m sure it would have been a lot more of a hassle if I was AFAB.
Also plenty of people with chronic illnesses need to find a doctor who at bare minimum understands that the disease exists and is willing to try to treat it.
And women looking for birth control or sterilization procedures (even when sterilization is a side effect such as treatment of endometriosis) will need to “shop around” to find a doctor willing to do so, especially if they are not married and even more if they have no offspring.
I forgot about sterilization. I had no problems when I was sterilized; my doctor said that he didn’t do them, but he referred me to another doctor in the practice that did. That doctor asked a couple of brief questions, and then made the appointment for me. There was very little hassle. But I was married to my ex- at the time, and they went with me to appointments (esp. surgery, since they had to drive home). So even without kids already, it was pretty clear to the doctor that they were not wanted by either of us. I’m sure it would have been a lot more of a hassle if I was AFAB.