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 ...

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 ...

Everything you need to know about the options, medical advancements, and legal access to contraception. Without ongoing education, our knowledge about birth control is frozen in time. In The State of ...

DEAR ANNIE: Several weeks ago, my husband and I found out we are pregnant with our third baby (kind of an "oops" baby). His first comment was, "I guess it’s time for you to get your tubes tied." I was ...

There’s risk in speaking out. We journalists knew this when we signed up for this profession. We also have the First Amendment as backup to protect our free speech. But obstetricians, gynecologists, ...

"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 ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify Jennifer Drobac's title and that the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision was based on multiple Constitutional amendments. Katie Rose Stempf lives in a ...

Yes, you can still get pregnant with your tubes tied, though it's rare. Your odds are between 1% to 3.7% depending on factors that include age and surgery type. Becoming pregnant after a tubal ...

Tubal ligation — the procedure that blocks eggs from traveling through the fallopian tubes — is an extremely effective way to lower one's chances of pregnancy to almost zero. Here's how it works. When ...