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Tubal ligation (commonly known as having one's "tubes tied") is a surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are permanently blocked, clipped or removed. This prevents the fertilization of eggs by sperm and thus the implantation of a fertilized egg.
They found sharp increases in both male and female sterilization. Tubal ligations doubled from June 2022 to September 2023, and vasectomies increased over three times during that same time ...
The proportion of women using female sterilization was highest for black women (22%), followed by Hispanic women (20%) and white women (15%). Reverse sterilization trends by race occurred for the male partners of the women: 8% of male partners of white women used male sterilization, but it dropped to 3% of the partners of Hispanic women and ...
Increases in women getting sterilization procedures were seen across the U.S. immediately after the Supreme Court's decision, but continued to rise in states where abortion was banned.
In 2009, 48.3% of married women were estimated to use a contraceptive method, i.e. more than half of all married women did not. [15] About three-fourths of these were using female sterilization, which is by far the most prevalent birth-control method in India. [15] Condoms, at a mere 3%, were the next most prevalent method. [15]
For female sterilization, risks from the surgical procedure include bleeding, a reaction to general anesthesia and rarely, infection, according to Planned Parenthood. There’s also a chance ...
Using 2002 data from the National Survey of Family Growth, the Urban Indian Health Institute found that among women using contraception, the most common methods used by urban American Indian and Alaskan Native women age 15–44 years were female sterilization (34%), oral contraceptive pills (21%), and male condoms (21%). However, among the ...
By 2005, Colombia had one of the world's highest contraceptive usage rates at 76.9%, with female sterilization being the highest percentage of use at just over 30% (second highest is the IUD at around 12% and the pill around 10%) [79] (Measham and Lopez-Escobar 2007). In Colombia during the 1980s, sterilization was the second most popular ...