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A new trend is sweeping the nation’s wombs.

Having not gotten their fix at the ballot box, young women of the left are getting fixed. As one anonymous woman from Washington recently told Newsweek: “I feel like the election tied my hands and forced me to be sterilized.”

That’ll show ’em!

Citing fears about abortion bans and rollbacks of reproductive rights, young women are subjecting themselves to irreversible and invasive procedures to get their tubes tied. 

As a 24-year-old, I find this to be absolute insanity. Tying your tubes over politics — and before Donald Trump is even in office — is not just an overreaction, it’s living your life like Chicken Little, afraid of the sky falling. Trump has already said he will not sign a national abortion ban


  Eden Ixora spoke to Newsweek about getting her tubes tied, saying pregnancy during the Trump administration would be “worse than death.” Instagram/Eden Ixora Eden Ixora spoke to Newsweek about getting her tubes tied, saying pregnancy during the Trump administration would be “worse than death.” Instagram/Eden Ixora

These women are living in fear of a threat that doesn’t even exist.

Or, perhaps, it’s clout? Nothing says ultra-resistance like pledging fealty to the cause by sacrificing your fertility.

Several women who spoke to Newsweek claimed they had no choice but to take this severe route.


  Birth control pills are available without a prescription. mad_production – stock.adobe.com Birth control pills are available without a prescription. mad_production – stock.adobe.com

One anonymous woman claimed she felt “forced into surgery.” Another, from Florida, said Trump’s election was a “call to action” and described pregnancy as “worse than death.” Understatement is not her strong suit.

Young women today have the privilege of enjoying more birth control options than any generation in human history. Many have a 99% efficacy rate.

Why not pop in an IUD, or use a condom, or get on the birth control pill, which you can now buy over the counter — yes, even in Florida — without even getting a doctor’s prescription. Handy online services will also deliver them straight to your door.


  Donald Trump has said he will not enact a national abortion ban as president. Getty Images Donald Trump has said he will not enact a national abortion ban as president. Getty Images

Yes, it is true that access to abortion has become more difficult in certain areas of the country, but life-altering surgery is a harsh first resort. It’s not just throwing out the baby with the bathwater. It’s burning down the nursery.

What these women seem not to realize is that whether Trump or Kamala Harris won the election is largely irrelevant. When Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion became a state issue. This isn’t a debate that will get ironed out in the White House.

As NBC has reported, experts predict that, even if a bill came before the House — and even with Republicans having majority control — federal restrictions are unlikely to happen. 


  Women are choosing sterilization, even though it is invasive and permanent. megaflopp – stock.adobe.com Women are choosing sterilization, even though it is invasive and permanent. megaflopp – stock.adobe.com

Yet that hasn’t stopped these women from going for the most extreme option of birth control possible, and then broadcasting it for the world to see.

After all, these freedom fighters’ shocking TikTok videos did get oodles of views.

But they are dystopia-mongers spreading alarmist lies that might be taken to heart by the easily swayed. The activists who caused this frenzy should be ashamed for driving young women to make life-altering medical decisions that they absolutely did not need to make. 

One of these activists, who chose to remain anonymous, told Newsweek she and her husband know they don’t want to have kids — but she “scheduled a sterilization appointment in October, ‘fully planning to cancel the surgery the day after the election, assuming Kamala won.’ “


  Women have evoked “The Handmaid’s Tale” in reference to Roe v. Wade being overturned. Allison Bailey/Shutterstock Women have evoked “The Handmaid’s Tale” in reference to Roe v. Wade being overturned. Allison Bailey/Shutterstock

  Some, like this voter in Asheville, NC, even turned up to the ballot box in the famous hooded outfits. Occupy Democrats/Facebook Some, like this voter in Asheville, NC, even turned up to the ballot box in the famous hooded outfits. Occupy Democrats/Facebook

What’s the difference then? How were you not going to have kids If Harris was president? Talk about tying your tubes to spite your own uterus.

Meanwhile, those doomsayers ringing the alarm bells on women’s rights in America need to cool it. Enough with “The Handmaid’s Tale” hoods.

Concerned about reproductive rights? Get involved at the state level and try to pass a law rather than oversharing extremist birth control methods on TikTok.


  Many women expressed concern about access to abortion during the presidential campaigns and after Trump’s win. Getty Images Many women expressed concern about access to abortion during the presidential campaigns and after Trump’s win. Getty Images

It’s a bit of an insult to our sisters around the world who are living in actual oppressive regimes — like in Afghanistan, where women are now prohibited from speaking to one another too loudly in public — to suggest that we have less freedom in a democracy. 

Take a chill pill, or at least a birth control pill.

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