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After Dobbs, twice as many women sought tubal ligation than men turned to vasectomies

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A new study shows that despite an increase in vasectomies, women still carry burden of permanent contraceptives

After Dobbs, twice as many women sought tubal ligation than men turned to vasectomies

Published today in a JAMA Health Forum research letter, policy researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and Boston University show how the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling affected preferences for permanent contraception among males and females between the ages of 18 to 30. It’s the first study to assess how the Dobbs ruling affected both females and male interest in permanent contraception procedures. What the researchers found was that despite all the attention on male vasectomies post-Dobbs, the rise in tubal sterilizations among females was twice as high as the increase among vasectomies in males.

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