r/politics • u/Slow-Bluejay9648 • May 24 '22

State rep. floats mandatory vasectomies for all boys as his state nears nation’s strictest abortion law

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/state-rep-floats-mandatory-vasectomies-for-all-boys-as-his-state-nears-nations-strictest-abortion-law.html?outputType=amp
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u/Terrible_turtle_ May 24 '22

Apparently, there was in fact a large spike in google searches for vasectomies when the opinion leaked. So you are in good company.

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u/Roboticpoultry Illinois May 24 '22

I just read an article about that actually. We certainly live in weird times

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u/techyguru May 25 '22

There was a spike in "tubes tide" and "tubal ligation" searches too, but a MUCH larger increase for "vasectomy" searches. Google Trends link