You mean in Europe it's ILLEGAL to spay/neuter your pet? And someone in MN is advocating that? Now that's going a bit far to me!

"In some parts of the world, elective gonadectomy
is considered unethical and is strongly discouraged or
disallowed by professional veterinary associations.2
Elective gonadectomy is illegal in at least 1 country.3
In 1 article4 published in Europe, elective gonadectomy
Determining the optimal age
for gonadectomy of dogs and cats
From the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108.
is decried as “the tool of despots and tyrants throughout
history,” and the author of that article claims that
gonadectomized dogs are “canine eunuchs, condemned
to live their lives in a physical and mental twilight.”
That author also questions how a profession that publicly
declares itself the guardian of animal welfare can,
with impunity, perform elective surgery on animals for
human convenience."4