How to Use tubal ligation in a Sentence
tubal ligation
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A few close-ups of a wailing baby and Siri and Alexa will be busy searching tubal ligation.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 31 May 2018
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Silverstein learned what a tubal ligation was at age 18.
—Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 26 Sep. 2019
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With four kids and a home to care for, as well as a full-time job to get back to, taking the time to recover from surgery for a tubal ligation would be almost impossible.
—Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
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Hundreds of Latina women were asked to sign papers consenting to tubal ligation in the midst of labor.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022
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Searches for terms such as tubal ligation nearly quadrupled in the week after the high court’s decision, Google data shows.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 20 July 2022
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One day of operations: A C-section, a lumpectomy, and a tubal ligation were like a series of crashing waves.
—Christine Kalafus, Longreads, 28 Dec. 2019
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Labor and delivery, birth control and tubal ligation are not list among the women's health services posted on the website of the Chelsea hospital.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019
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Yet in many cases, these women lack a complete and clear understanding of the consequences of tubal ligation.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
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Heather had a successful tubal ligation three months later.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 1 Mar. 2018
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Recovery from the procedure takes about two days, as opposed to a female tubal ligation — which is riskier and much more invasive.
—Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 12 July 2022
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But the law covers only tubal ligation, the surgical blocking of the fallopian tubes.
—Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
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But at a Catholic hospital, the same woman often must schedule a second surgery at a different hospital to get a tubal ligation.
—Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2019
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In comparison, during a tubal ligation a doctor cuts and ties (or blocks) the fallopian tubes.
—Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
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According to Planned Parenthood, tubal ligation can cost anywhere up to $6,000.
—Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 13 July 2023
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While there is no evidence that your weight will compromise the effectiveness of a tubal ligation, the surgery itself is often more difficult to perform.
—Dawn Stacey, Phd, Lmhc, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2023
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The amendment might also cover Catholic hospitals’ refusals to allow tubal ligation operations on their premises, on the grounds that they are aimed at sterilization and thus barred by the ERDs.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
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Since then, Kayla has visited at least three doctors requesting a tubal ligation, and all have refused, for similar reasons.
—Wired, 7 July 2022
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Because a tubal ligation affects the fallopian tubes but not the uterus, embryos created in a lab can be transferred by a fertility specialist and carried to term.
—Jeanne Sager, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
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Many women already get parts of their tubes removed during tubal ligation, a procedure to cut, tie or block the tubes to prevent future pregnancies, the most common form of contraception worldwide.
—Zeina Mohammed — Boston Globe, STAT, 23 Feb. 2023
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Women were typically subjected to tubal ligation, the cutting or tying of the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching an egg.
—Washington Post, 9 July 2021
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Three years ago, India began officially urging women to choose it over tubal ligation, which the government had long promoted.
—New York Times, 13 June 2019
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The morning-after pill, vasectomies and tubal ligations are HSA eligible.
—Martha C. White, wsj.com, 7 Dec. 2023
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Tubal factor infertility, too, the result of issues with fallopian tubes or even tubal ligation surgery, is more frequent among Black women.
—Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
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Ruiz recommended a doctor who did a tubal ligation without doubting her decision.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 July 2022
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Getting your tubes tied—also known as tubal ligation—is an incredibly effective way to prevent pregnancy.
—Christina Oehler, Health.com, 16 July 2019
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His choice was rooted, in part, by a childhood memory of his mother’s difficult recovery period after her tubal ligation.
—Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
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In Michigan, a woman diagnosed with a brain tumor was denied a tubal ligation following a cesarean delivery at a Catholic hospital.
—Rikha Sharma Rani, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019
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Mattie advocated for women who endured forced sterilizations at a hospital in Tuskegee; she, too, had been subjected to an involuntary tubal ligation, after the birth of her fifth child.
—Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
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But her husband refused to provide legal consent for a tubal ligation, resulting in a fourth child in January and then unexpected twins, who were born prematurely in November.
—David Pierson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2021
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The risk is further increased for those who've had endometriosis, tubal ligations, pelvic infections, and prior pelvic, abdominal, or fallopian tube surgeries, as well as those who had an intrauterine device (IUD) in place at the time of conception.
—Rebecca Stewart, Parents, 6 Sep. 2023
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