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 ...

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 ...

Voluntary sterilization—not the Pill, condoms, or IUD—is the most popular birth control method in the U.S. Among couples using contraception, around 25 percent choose the number two method, birth ...

Summer Niles, of Washington, underwent tubal ligation surgery when she was 23, after giving birth to two children. She soon noticed her periods were becoming heavier and more painful than before. She ...

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 new study of more than 83,000 women in California challenges the notion that tubal ligation is superior to intrauterine contraception for the prevention of pregnancy. Tubal ligation remains a common ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Between 2016 and 2018, the rate of immediately postpartum long-term contraceptive placement increased while the ...

During a laparoscopic tubal ligation, a physician makes a small cut in the abdomen, then blocks, ties or seals the fallopian tubes to keep eggs and sperm apart. Essure also involves blocking the tubes ...

The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that guaranteed the right to an abortion on a federal level, has caused many women across the country to take a closer look at their birth ...