I think a piece of talking abt reproductive issues w trans people (and particularly trans women) that people don’t understand is that if we are talking abt a situation where someone needs to functionally be sterile in order to lower the likelihood of state and or physical violence (ie legal docs), that isn’t simply because they are upset that they don’t have access to their own ability to have children. Although! I think that in and of itself would be sufficient.
But like, given the nature of adoption in our current society, it functionally precludes most trans people (here again, esp trans women) from any method of parenting, barring they had children before. The economics of non adoptive services are excessive, and the social stigma around adoption are likewise major hurdles.
So it’s not even a question of “wanting to impregnate” which honestly is a concerningly antifeminist characterization of parenting I’ve seen written by cis people who claim some sort of feminism, but of like actual access to parenting as a life practice. Of course most people who deny that the former sterilization is an issue don’t want trans women mothering in the first place, but I think it illuminates why it’s an important conversation for many of us who weren’t planning on having our own children pre transition

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