r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jan 06 '25

Health After the US overturned Roe v Wade, permanent contraception surged among young adults living in states likely to ban abortion, new research found. Compared to May 2022, August 2022 saw 95% more vasectomies and 70% more tubal sterilizations performed on people between the ages of 19 and 26.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/permanent-contraception-abortion-roe-v-wade
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u/PM_ME_Happy_Thinks Jan 07 '25

Sterilization is 100% covered by all ACA compliant insurance plans.

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u/edmconsultant Jan 07 '25

If you have any insurance at all, it's fully covered. Insurance would rather pay the couple thousand for you to never have kids, then to pay whatever millions they'll pay for a new human on this planet.