Men line up for a mobile vasectomy clinic rolling through Missouri: 'I'll just do my part'

A mobile clinic is swinging through several Missouri cities offering free vasectomies this week. The procedure takes just about 10 minutes and can be done in outpatient settings.
A mobile clinic adorned with cartoon depictions of sperm is on a Missouri road trip offering free vasectomies this week.

The trailer, which on Thursday was posted in the parking lot of Planned Parenthood’s Central West End clinic, also will stop at clinics in Springfield and Rolla.

This is the third trip the mobile clinic and its owner, Dr. Esgar Guarín, have made to the region since 2021. For Guarín, who operates Iowa clinics in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, the trip helps highlight an underutilized form of birth control.

“The initial thought of people is, ‘Oh, it's got to be complex, it has to be done in an operating room,’” he said. “And the reason for me to go with a mobile clinic was precisely to convey the message of simplicity of the vasectomy.”