Tubal ligation, sometimes known as female sterilization or "getting your tubes tied," is a permanent form of birth control. (Getty Images) The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that ...

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 ...

Tubal ligation reversal can help some people who had their tubes tied get pregnant, but it's not guaranteed to work. The ...

Summer Niles, of Washington, underwent tubal ligation surgery when she was 23, after giving birth to two children. She soon noticed her periods were becoming heavier and more painful than before. She ...

Medical professionals sometimes try to dissuade young people with a uterus from having a tubal ligation due to its permanence. However, there’s no legal age requirement for getting your tubes tied in ...

A new study of more than 83,000 women in California challenges the notion that tubal ligation is superior to intrauterine contraception for the prevention of pregnancy. Tubal ligation remains a common ...

The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that guaranteed the right to an abortion on a federal level, has caused many women across the country to take a closer look at their birth ...