And such was the case for a TikToker who recently shared her experience getting rejected from tubal ligation surgery, which caught the attention of Fran Haydanek, an OB-GYN from Rochester, New York.

Removing fallopian tubes during sterilization is about as safe as sterilization procedures that damage the tubes but leave them intact, a new study suggests — a finding that could help reduce some ...

Women opt for sterilization for a variety of reasons, but the goal is the same: to avoid getting pregnant. But a head-to-head study of two forms of female sterilization has found surprisingly high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conversations between patients and their doctors about permanent birth control procedures can at times be fraught and influenced ...

In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, clinics report a surge in demand for sterilization procedures. Doctors who perform abortions say they're seeing a lot more interest in ...

While the risk of pregnancy is low after female sterilization procedures, 60 percent of pregnancies that do occur result in a live birth, according to a new study. Researchers looked at data from ...

Salpingectomy should be the primary female sterilization procedure because it is permanent and may prevent some types of ovarian cancer that actually begin in the Fallopian tube, according to a ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- A California Catholic hospital is not engaging in sex discrimination by denying a woman's request for the sterilization procedure known as tubal ligation, a San Francisco judge said in ...

Mercy Hospital in Durango, the only hospital with labor and delivery services within 45 miles, plans to stop performing tubal ligation, a female sterilization procedure, in spring next year because ...

A program for compensation over state-sponsored forced or involuntary sterilizations will soon come to a close, as advocates stress eligible applicants are being denied compensation. Becoming a mother ...

Family planning can come with many questions, concerns and fears. Once a woman makes the personal decision to not or no longer have children, there are various types of birth control to consider and ...