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 ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD Key Takeaways Tubal ligation reversal can help some people who had their tubes tied get ...

Every year, around 700,000 women in the U.S. are sterilized, or get their “tubes tied.” Tubal ligation is a surgery that blocks the fallopian tubes (the tubes that link the uterus to the ovaries) to ...

Short of abstinence, no birth control method is ever 100% guaranteed to prevent pregnancy. Even when it comes to "getting your tubes tied" in a procedure called tubal ligation. Tubal ligation is not ...

You may have a small chance of becoming pregnant after a tubal ligation. Tubal ligation, also known as “getting your tubes tied,” is an option for women who no longer want to have children. This ...

Although tubal ligation is a minor surgical procedure, it should only be performed in a well-equipped medical facility. PHOTO / NET There are many things to get done this year, many life-altering ...

There are two sterilization methods for women who choose to end childbearing: ligation and removal. Tubal sterilization can also decrease a woman's risk of some types of ovarian cancer by 30-50 ...

Tubal ligation or tubectomy is a surgical procedure done on women as a permanent method of contraception. In this procedure the fallopian tubes are ligated or divided and clipped so that the ova or ...

Contraception is a wonderful thing. (If you've read about how excited I am to get a contraceptive arm implant, you'll know I'm a serious fan.) And for those women who intend to have precisely no ...