Philip N Cohen
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Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; director of SocArXiv. New book out! Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418
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![Doctor quoted in 1971 journal Medical
Opinion 7 (march) pp 59 & 61.
"Vasectomy." : "Some urologists fear that, if it became known that they do office vasectomies, they would be swamped with requests. This has been a common experience, and it is understandable that these highly trained and skillful surgeons would shudder at the thought of doing vasectomies all day long on an assembly-line basis. For them, there is little that is stimulating or challenging about a vasectomy. But if the physician realizes the absolute necessity of stopping the population increase; if he acknowledges that it is people who pollute, and the more people the more Pollution; if he wants to preserve some quality of life for his children and grandchildren; and if he appreciates that, in most cases, marriages are improved for both husband and wife by this procedure, then he can have a sense of reward and could offset the boredom of vasectomies.
We physicians are also citizens of this country [United States]; we cannot concentrate just on medicine and leave all else to the social workers, economists, politicians, and lawyers."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwjcgn5pt2krm2lmav2mdcyz/bafkreifqhzxpcfcku62osv27lqzp3qzqexnbu33ayzzkgkjjsd2vio2vsi@jpeg)