"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 ...

Military family members, reservists and some retirees covered by Tricare will be able to get the female sterilization surgery known as tubal ligation from civilian doctors at no cost starting Jan. 1, ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing states to restrict access to abortion, interest in permanent contraception options increased. For example, Google recorded the highest volume ...

Tubal ligation is a surgical procedure that blocks or removes your fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. It's a sterilization (making someone unable to have kids) technique ...

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 ...

Birth control options are growing for women 40 and older — a group that once viewed its choices as pretty much limited to tube-tying surgery and condoms. For them, the pill is back. So is the IUD. The ...

ATLANTA — Birth control choices are wider these days for women 40 or older — a group that once viewed its options as pretty much limited to tube- tying surgery and condoms. For them, the pill is back.