There are two sterilization methods for women who choose to end childbearing: ligation and removal. Tubal sterilization can also decrease a woman's risk of some types of ovarian cancer by 30-50 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A staggering number of women are considering permanent sterilization procedures after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to physicians and online search data. Searches ...

DAYTON — An obstetrician-gynecologist who has performed hundreds of surgeries to prevent pregnancies called tubal ligation said he has not experienced a noticeable increase in the number of ...

Tubal ligation has been touted as a permanent form of birth control, but a new study shows that women are more likely than previously thought to get pregnant after the procedure. The study, published ...

IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects, according to a new study. The analysis, based on six years of Medi-Cal claims data, is the first rigorous look at how ...

To the editor: Although bioethicist and theologian Charles C. Camosy makes some excellent arguments for why the Roman Catholic Mercy Hospital in Redding should be allowed to refuse to allow a woman to ...

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 ...

L.A.-resident Ilana (who asked that her last name be withheld), never wanted kids, "even thinking back to when I was a kid," the 29-year-old, who recently had a tubal ligation, tells Yahoo Life. She ...

IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects, according to a new study. IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects, according to a ...