Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most common method of contraception nationally. But a new study led by UC San Francisco reports that tubal surgery ...

For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15–49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive ...

Sweeping restrictions on abortion across the U.S. have already had major ripple effects in reproductive health care. During president-elect Donald Trump’s next administration, restrictions on abortion ...

Many women spend decades using birth control of one kind or another, except for when they’re trying to conceive or are pregnant. So when you know you’re done having babies or if you plan to stay child ...

Introduction : a great thing for poor folks -- Teaching birth control on Tobacco Road and in Mill Village Alley : the history of public birth control services -- Nothing is removed except the ...

Rev. ed. of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. c2004. "The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, ...

Study led by UCSF estimates 3 to 5% of women have unplanned pregnancies following “permanent” sterilization Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most ...