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From what I understand, no. Removing it will almost certainly leave them incontinent requiring multiple surgeries to treat. The urinary tract, in men and women, is actually a fairly delicate and easily damaged thing. The willingness of surgeons to mess with healthy urological anatomy boggles my brain, it really does, I spent some time with a reconstructive urologist (if you get a urological cancer and the treatment fucks you up or are born with an issue, he was the surgeon to see to get it fixed), and the stuff they can do down there to fix stuff is still really primitive, compared to the stuff they can do with hearts, guts and hands, even after 50 years of research.