Waiting Periods - Pros and Cons [View All]

I am pro-choice.

However, the waiting period issue is one that I am conflicted about. For some perspective, my husband and I decided that after the birth of our last child that one of us would be sterilized. Whether my husband or I underwent the procedure, the medical doctors involved had a waiting period. Both the Gynecologist and the Urologist stated that they would not do the procedure immediately.

My hubby decided to go for sterilization because the male procedure was less invasive and his urologist insisted that he sign papers and he even counseled my husband about it because he stated that the procedure was not easily reversed and since my husband was a young man ..(around 32) he didn't want him making this kind of decision lightly.
After approximately 6 weeks the procedure was done.

Now I understand that abortion is a different situation altogether but I also think that there are women who may be terribly conflicted and if they proceed with the procedure without properly weighing the decision they may end up even more upset afterwards and have misplaced hostility towards the clinc. ( I am not insinuating that women who seek abortion haven't already weighed the options because most probably already have...)

On the otherhand, I think that this waiting period sucks because women who must travel out of state for an abortion or any great distance to obtain the service will find themselves having to spend more money to obtain a procedure since they will have to arrange for lodging, etc and for those who have already made up their mind the longer they wait the more it upsets them.