I desperately need to be sterilized, but no doctor will do it because I’m 20 and fertile.

EDIT: Thank you for the support, I will be speaking to a different doctor soon, and will try to raise awareness of this issue. I didn’t expect this post to get so big, but I’m glad awareness is being raised. I will update after I visit the doctor. <br><br>EDIT 2: I'm a woman. If you have a recommendation for a doctor, or know of one, or have suggestions on how I can deal with this, please DM me or post it here. I need all the help I can get.<br><br>I have suffered from a severe mental illness for my entire life. The symptoms of this are very severe, and I am in a lot of pain. I will not disclose what my specific condition is, but it involves delusions and cutting out my own hair, and I am in a lot of pain and suffering.<br><br>I have tried medication and therapy, and it helps, but I am still in pain. I desperately want my tubes tied so that I never have to have children. I am not capable of raising a child, and I do not want to pass on my genes to anyone. It is my body, it is my choice, but I am not being allowed to make this choice. Every doctor I go to says that this is a permanent procedure, and that I am young and fertile, and I should think about it. I have thought about it. I do not want kids. I have thought about it for years. I have looked into all of my options and I am positive that this is what I want. The doctors will not listen to me.<br><br>It is my choice whether or not I want kids, and I am not being allowed that choice. I am being denied access to healthcare that would make my life exponentially better because doctors are prejudiced against young people. <br><br>I have asked my parents to support me, and they have not. I have begged them, pleaded with them, and they say no. Their reasoning is that I am too young, and I may change my mind. I will not change my mind. I am not going to suddenly wake up one day and start wanting kids. It isn’t that I hate kids, it’s that I am not capable of raising them, and that I do not want to pass my genes to anyone.<br><br>I don’t know what to do. I am desperate. This would completely eliminate a lot of my problems, but I am not being allowed to make that choice. It is my choice, it is my body, and I should be allowed to do this. I am not being treated like an adult, because of my age. It is blatant discrimination. Multiple doctors have denied me access to healthcare because of my age. <br><br>I’m desperate and I don’t know where to turn. Any advice or help would mean a lot to me.<br><br>They don’t believe me, because I am young, and I am fertile.