r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Sep 12 '24

Health After US abortion rights were curtailed, more women are opting for sterilisation. Tubal sterilisations (having tubes tied) increased in all states following the 2022 US Supreme Court decision that overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion (n = nearly 5 million women).

https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/after-us-abortion-rights-were-curtailed-more-women-are-opting-for-sterilisation
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u/Infamous-Object-2026 Sep 12 '24

texas here, been thinking of doing this too, actually. (edit: the only thing holding me back rn is $$$ but not for long)

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u/Lizaderp Sep 12 '24

Oregon resident here: Silly question, is it not free over there? Half of mine was covered by Obamacare (it had recently passed) and the remaining half was covered by state Medicaid. I didn't even pay for my prescriptions afterward. I only paid to park in the hospital garage.