"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 ...

Ashley Steffen went under the knife about a month after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, reversing the constitutional right to abortion. Steffen, 37, of Lansing, is among a ...

For many women preparing for a scheduled cesarean section, the question of whether to add a permanent sterilization procedure creates an unexpected layer of complexity to an already significant ...

Addison Lewis is a double major in biology and environmental science with a minor in Public Health, and she is a 2023-24 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa ...

A bill currently moving through parliament would amend the criminal code to include forced or coerced sterilization procedures, classifying them as an act of aggravated assault that could be punished ...