Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Key Takeaways Tubal ligation reversal can help some people who had their tubes tied get ...

Tubal ligation, sometimes known as female sterilization or "getting your tubes tied," is a permanent form of birth control. (Getty Images) The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that ...

Short of abstinence, no birth control method is ever 100% guaranteed to prevent pregnancy. Even when it comes to "getting your tubes tied" in a procedure called tubal ligation. Tubal ligation is not ...

But you might pay nothing or only a small amount, depending on your health insurance. That's because most health insurance plans are required to cover at least one type of female sterilization surgery ...

Lee Thompson sat in a pre-operative room, bundled in a blanket and socks, and played with an adult coloring book phone app to keep calm. She had slept well the night before and refused to let herself ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify Jennifer Drobac's title and that the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision was based on multiple Constitutional amendments. Katie Rose Stempf lives in a ...

A pregnant Oakland County woman is being denied a sterilization procedure — even though her doctor advised her that internal scarring has fused her uterus to her bladder and would make additional ...

Immediately after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Google recorded the highest volume of searches for “vasectomy” in the past five years. Last year, published data in the International ...

The woman who recently sparked a conversation on TikTok about tube tying is speaking out after she claimed a gynecologist told her she could not have the procedure done because she could change her ...

The long-term use of oral contraceptives and certain methods of tubal ligation (TL) were associated with lower levels of a biomarker for ovarian aging, suggesting an increased risk for early menopause ...

The patient underwent tubal ligation plus treatment of endometriosis. This is a KFF Health News story. Jamie Holmes says a surgery center tried to make her pay for two operations after she underwent ...

Yes, you can still get pregnant with your tubes tied, though it's rare. Your odds are between 1% to 3.7% depending on factors that include age and surgery type. Becoming pregnant after a tubal ...