Ayleen is a midwife in Chile. She knows exactly what an IUD is and what removing it entails. Even so, she had to ask for it seven times during the same appointment.
Every time she insisted, the gynecologist repeated that “she would come back pregnant”, that “women are complicated”, that he “didn’t understand women”. He didn’t explain the risks to her: he argued with her decision, as if his opinion carried more weight than the months she had spent thinking it over.
Ayleen left that appointment crying, not because of the procedure, but because she had to convince someone that her body belongs to her. Her testimony raised an uncomfortable question: how many women normalize scenes like this because the doctor “had good reviews online”? “Providing information is part of a doctor’s job. Debating a decision that has already been made is not.” What do you think?
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