"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 ...

The woman who recently sparked a conversation on TikTok about tube tying is speaking out after she claimed a gynecologist told her she could not have the procedure done because she could change her ...

Doctors and other organizations say there's something women can do to help reduce their chances of developing ovarian cancer ...

After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, gynecologists across the country have reported seeing an increase in patients who want to get their fallopian tubes tied. But it isn’t always ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. "I want my tubes out. I'm done." That was what 26-year-old Samantha ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. To Rebecca Stone, the single most ...

She told her partner who laughed and asked her how she could possibly be pregnant... then the pregnancy test lit up with a positive result immediately. A tubal ligation is a surgical, keyhole ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Losing the constitutional right to an abortion after Roe v. Wade was ...

Veteran actress Shaffy Bello has disclosed that she underwent a medical procedure 26 years ago to prevent having more children, citing her desire not to have a large family. In a conversation on her ...