tubal ligation
noun
: ligation of the fallopian tubes that by preventing passage of ova from the ovaries to the uterus serves as a method of female sterilization
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Camerer made the difficult decision to have tubal ligation to avoid the same heartache in the future.
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The woman, who sought a tubal ligation during her third birth by cesarean section, now has an 8-year-old daughter.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, many doctors refuse to perform permanent birth-control procedures, such as tubal ligations, for fear that a patient will regret it—a concern that often seems grounded not in actual legal barriers but in paternalism.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Since then nearly a dozen U.S. studies have shown that Americans’ interest in permanent contraception—both vasectomies and tubal sterilization procedures such as tubal ligation—spiked in the months after Dobbs.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
The woman, who sought a tubal ligation during her third birth by cesarean section, now has an 8-year-old daughter.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Sep. 2024
Meanwhile, many doctors refuse to perform permanent birth-control procedures, such as tubal ligations, for fear that a patient will regret it—a concern that often seems grounded not in actual legal barriers but in paternalism.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
Since then nearly a dozen U.S. studies have shown that Americans’ interest in permanent contraception—both vasectomies and tubal sterilization procedures such as tubal ligation—spiked in the months after Dobbs.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
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