If I could give zero stars, I would. I made an appt. for a vasectomy, waited nearly a month, went through a consultation, paid a deposit fee and the fee for the surgery, and finally when Dr. Cope came in to do the surgery, judged me based on my age (twenty five) and the fact that I currently did not have children. He then refused to perform the surgery based on these grounds. Now, if we are to say that those grounds to justify denying an elective surgery that I have decided to have after many years of deep thought on the matter are somehow justified (they are not), even still, I should not have gotten all the way to that point before being notified. I have been waiting on getting this surgery done to relocate to a new city, find a new job, and to have that disruption thrown in my face simply because the doctor did not feel right in performing such a procedure on someone young is insulting. My not having children at this point in my life should not be a disqualifying factor in the decisions I wish to make. People such as Cope need to understand that not everyone on this planet wants to have children. The decision to have a vasectomy should not entail "how many kids have I had so far and when should I stop?" If these things dissuade Cope from performing procedures like this, there NEEDS to be a pre-requisite form of some sort where this information is requested of the patient upon making the appointment, and provided to him and his staff, so that the decision can be made then and there. There is absolutely no reason why patients must be forced to wait extensive amounts of time after scheduling a procedure, only to get to the very point of having it done and being told "no" based on personal, subjectively moral assessments. My experience with St. George Urology and Dr. Cope has been a deeply upsetting one. read more
