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Tubal ligations doubled from June 2022 to September 2023, and vasectomies increased over three times during that same time, Ellison said.
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Tubal ligations among young people had been slowly rising for years, but the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had a discernible impact.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Tubal ligation or sterilization involves cutting, tying or removing the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching the eggs.
—Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Related article How the reversal of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children
Tubal ligation procedures increased twice as much as vasectomies, according to the study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
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Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Tubal ligations among young people had been slowly rising for years, but the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization had a discernible impact.
—Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
Tubal ligation or sterilization involves cutting, tying or removing the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching the eggs.
—Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Related article How the reversal of Roe v. Wade led to the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children
Tubal ligation procedures increased twice as much as vasectomies, according to the study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Ligation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ligation. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən 
: the act of tying a bodily part (as a blood vessel) with a ligature
Medical Definition
ligation
noun
li·ga·tion
lī-ˈgā-shən
1
a
: the surgical process of tying up an anatomical channel (as a blood vessel)
b
: the process of joining together chemical chains (as of DNA or protein)
2
: something that binds : ligature
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