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Vasectomy debate highlights gender gap in family planning in Indonesia
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Some see vasectomy as a way to ease the disproportionate contraceptive burden on women, while others remain cautious.
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JAKARTA – Despite facing skepticism, Mr Andi Wijaya, 31, remains determined to undergo a vasectomy, viewing the permanent male sterilisation procedure as a more equitable form of contraception with fewer health risks than hormonal birth control for women.
“I’ve been interested in (undergoing a vasectomy) since before marriage because I initially wanted to be child-free. But my wife and I were blessed with a child a year ago, and we now consider our family complete with just one child. That’s made us even more certain about the procedure,” he told The Jakarta Post earlier in April.
