Sterilization after Dobbs

[Axtremus]

Marked increase of young people getting sterilization surgeries after Dobbs/overturning of Roe v. Wade:

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5025682/tubal-ligation-tied-vasectomy-ob-gyns-more-requests-sterilization-after-dobbs-roe-overturned

... look at how many 18- to 30-year-olds were getting sterilized before and after the ruling.
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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 ...

Tubal ligations among young people had been slowly rising for years, but the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had a discernible impact. ...

[Big_Al]

I anticipate that the moves to limit access to contraception will extend to sterilization.

Big Al