Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Husband had a vasectomy without wife's knowledge

Just as marriage is a mutual promise and agreement, so is procreation.

On the other hand, the Equal Rights Amendment and its progeny has had some rather unanticipated results.

Just as a husband cannot force a wife to become pregnant (i.e., stop her from taking the pill) or force her to

bear a child to term (i.e., stop her from getting an abortion), so can a wife not force a husband to donate sperm (i.e., stop him

from getting a vasectomy).

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Re: Husband had a vasectomy without wife's knowledge

You have the same recourse against your husband that he would have against you if you had decided to have a tubal ligation--none. Everyone has the right to control their own body and to make their own medical decisions, except in very limited circumstances.