Legal Question in Health Care Law in California
I'm a male in California considering different options for a contraceptive surgery. Do I have a legally protected right to a scrotectomy as a sterilization procedure?
Asked on 1/20/11, 3:44 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Stone
Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE
Persons can lawfully obtain an orchiectomy as part of a gender change operation, so I'm not aware that any law would prohibit your merely wanting to have yourself neutered. But you would have to locate a provider willing to perform such a procedure, and any provider that would offer the procedure might well advise you to have a vasectomy instead, and might well suggest or require a psych consult. Consult your family physician.
Answered on 1/25/11, 3:58 pm
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