A Dundee-based researcher of vasectomy history has gone viral after publishing a series of tweets dismissing calls for men to face mandatory sterilisation in the US. Georgia Grainger, who is writing what may be the UK's first complete history of the procedure, took to the social platform after feminist campaigners and a US politician suggested introducing mandatory vasectomies as an alternative to abortion.
In a detailed thread based on her PhD research, Georgia wrote: "Vasectomies are great, get one if you want one, but please do not pit them against abortion, and please do not talk about introducing mandatory vasectomies without acknowledging the history of them."
Her tweets have been liked tens of thousands of times each, with the most popular tweet securing 75,500 likes and 17,400 retweets. However, Georgia has also been the target of vitriolic abuse from users who have accused her of ignoring the plight of women - a claim she has vehemently denied.
