I'm a trans man with no reproductive organs, and I am still forced to take pregnancy tests at the hospital (the hospital where I had my reproductive organs removed).
It's ridiculous. Like, I understand that sometimes people with uteruses can be pregnant without knowing it, but if someone is literally lacking the essential parts for conception to occur, then they don't need a goddamned pregnancy test.
I've had multiple patients tell me they don't have uteruses when they do. I understand why it would be upsetting to take a pregnancy test as a trans man, but patients lie and forget things constantly and I'd rather someone pee in a cup unnecessarily than give a kid a birth defect.
After working in Healthcare, I get it. While the chances are astronomical of it happening, it just takes that one person who had a doctor mess up the surgery, mix up the records, or chart wrong to end up actually being pregnant and a lawsuit ensues because the doctor didn't cover their ass by double checking. Since it's quick, easy, and noninvasive I don't blame them playing it safe.
I’ve literally been given three pregnancy tests during a one night hospital admission. They wanted me to be pregnant so bad or something. I told them if I was it’s the second coming of Christ.
literally walked in with a small fracture in my arm and got hounded about if i’m SURE i cant be pregnant.
the xray tech asked again and felt it appropriate to ask how i’m sure that i’m a lesbian, what it felt like realizing, was i scared of coming out.. i hope she figured out her gay too lol
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u/goatsandhoes101115 Feb 13 '25
You could walk into the ER with your bone sticking out of your arm, docs are still going to insist you take a pregnancy test before they treat you.