"Getting your tubes tied" is a colloquial way to say that someone is undergoing tubal ligation, a sterilizing surgical procedure that involves closing off the fallopian tubes. In non-medically ...

Tubal ligation, also called sterilization, is a procedure where a surgeon permanently cuts, closes, or removes pieces of your fallopian tubes. Tubal ligation is a permanent form of birth control ...

A California Catholic hospital is not engaging in sex discrimination by denying a woman's request for the sterilization procedure known as tubal ligation, a San Francisco judge said in a tentative ...

More woman are getting their tubes tied in states with abortion bans, a new study has found. Following the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision in June 2022 to ...

More young, child-free women are pursuing the permanent form of contraception. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A few years ago, Dr. Leah Tatum, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Austin, noticed a shift among ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to restrict access to abortion, interest in permanent contraception options increased. For example, Google recorded the highest volume ...

Among young adults, use of permanent contraception increased immediately after the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision in May 2022. Tubal sterilization and vasectomy visits increased among ...