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 ...

"Getting your tubes tied" is a colloquial way to say that someone is undergoing tubal ligation, a sterilizing surgical procedure that involves closing off the fallopian tubes. In non-medically ...

Having the “tubes tied”— also known as “tubal ligation,” involves cutting, clipping or burning the ends of a woman’s fallopian tubes. Those are the tubes that carry the fertilized egg to the uterus.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...