‘Permanent contraception procedures’ soared after Dobbs decision: Research

Rates of people seeking permanent contraception spiked after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, new research shows. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Boston University looked at rates of tubal ligations and vasectomies among 18- to 30-year-olds between 2019 and 2022 using the TriNetX platform and compared them with 2022 to 2023 rates. That platform largely gathers data from academic medical centers and related clinics across the country. The findings were published Friday in a JAMA Health Forward research letter. Researchers found that tubal ligations had...