Should women be allowed to have a hysterectomy on demand?

I don't think on demand surgery is appropriate, if someone's life is truly in danger, doctors will perform a hysterectomy or whatever is needed to save the person's life. Your friend was in need of a second opinion and other options sooner than she got them and it was unfortunate her doctor refused life-saving surgery. Need is different than want and I think if doctors started giving hysterectomies on demand insurance companies would stop paying for the surgery- leaving those who actually need it out of luck and very likely dead. Not to mention I believe that law suits against the surgeons and hospitals would increase exponentially- why? Because people change their minds, their friends and families talk them into being upset over the surgery and they think they can set themselves up for life by claiming they weren't educated about the surgery properly or the doctor should never have done it in the first place- which WILL happen if things like this are available just by asking, they already have.