More Americans choose sterilization: study


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Jan 2025

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A trend is growing across the United States with health experts predicting that more people will choose sterilization because of fears over restricted access to reproductive health care during a second Trump administration, reported The Washington Post on Wednesday.

Research showed a significant increase in vasectomies and tubal ligations in the months just before and after the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the 2022 decision that ended a constitutional right to abortion after nearly half a century.

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