The Kindest Cut

Memoir of the Doctor who introduced vasectomy to Ireland

Andrew Rynne

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English

Andrew Rynne
01 November 2025

Memoirs; Age groups: the elderly; Health systems & services; Coping with old age

Had you not lived and worked in Ireland through the 70's and 80's, not half a century ago, you would not believe the extent to which we were all obliged to toe the line of Catholic dogma. This was particularly so in matters of human sexual behaviour, most crucially as it applied to contraception and family planning.

Underlying this whim of Catholicism was the notion that any sexual activity leaves open the possibility of procreation and that anything, for example, family planning, that frustrated that possibility was morally wrong and sinful.

Many doctors in Ireland at the time, in fact, the majority, went along with this idiocy and refused to prescribe to birth control pill to their patients, leaving them continuously vulnerable to becoming pregnant without a break.

It was against this background that the author of this book set up a medical practice in Ireland in the teeth of opposition from both Church and State, and he became an advocate for human rights in reproductive medicine.

By: Andrew Rynne
Imprint: Andrew Rynne
Country of Publication: Ireland
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 313g
ISBN: 9781068729508
ISBN 10: 1068729503
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Rynne is a retired medical practitioner, coroner, and founder of Clane General Hospital in County Kildare. Rynne was the chairperson of the Irish Family Planning Association and the Republic of Ireland's first vasectomy specialist. Both his parents, Stephen Rynne and Alice Curtayne were well-known writers and he himself is a published author. He is married and lives in County Kildare. He has a website in his name - drandrewrynne .com.