Spousal Autonomy Quotes
In many countries, wives must have the permission of their husbands to have any major medical procedure. In some she cannot leave the home, travel, or make a contract without the permission of the husbands. Each year, in the third world, many women die in from not being able to have medical care because they were not allowed to leave the village to go to a hospital or clinic in an emergency, until the husband could be found to grant permission. Under American and most law of developed countries, either spouse had the unilateral right to have any medical procedure and neither is required to inform or obtain the permission of the other.
