And such was the case for a TikToker who recently shared her experience getting rejected from tubal ligation surgery, which caught the attention of Fran Haydanek, an OB-GYN from Rochester, New York.

For many women preparing for a scheduled cesarean section, the question of whether to add a permanent sterilization procedure creates an unexpected layer of complexity to an already significant ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobb decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to have an abortion, many are reconsidering their birth control and pregnancy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations between patients and their doctors about permanent birth control procedures can at times be fraught and influenced ...

Mercy Hospital in Durango, the only hospital with labor and delivery services within 45 miles, plans to stop performing tubal ligation, a female sterilization procedure, in spring next year because ...

Women opt for sterilization for a variety of reasons, but the goal is the same: to avoid getting pregnant. But a head-to-head study of two forms of female sterilization has found surprisingly high ...

A bill currently moving through parliament would amend the criminal code to include forced or coerced sterilization ...

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, clinics report a surge in demand for sterilization procedures. Doctors who perform abortions say they're seeing a lot more interest in ...