This Mother Was Told She Is "Too Young" To Have Her Tubes Tied
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“I was reduced to tears by a medical professional who has no compassion whatsoever.”
Contraception has failed pregnant mother-of-two Holly Maitland, so she wants to be sterilised by having her fallopian tubes severed and tied.
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"I was on the [contraceptive implant] Implanon with the first [pregnancy], the mini pill with the second and a much stronger pill and condoms were used when I conceived the third baby," the 22-year-old from Queensland, who is 27 weeks pregnant, told BuzzFeed News.
"All three [children] were very much unplanned."
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Maitland got a referral from her GP to Cairns Base Hospital in northern Queensland to discuss tubal ligation but her hopes were dashed.
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