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/burf Jan 07 '25

Don't have abortions! Only have sex if you can accept the risks.

people permanently mitigate the risks

Not like that!

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u/DemiserofD Jan 07 '25

I doubt they really care too much. The people having them almost certainly aren't voting for them anyway.

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u/burf Jan 07 '25

Birth obsessives don't seem to care about who you're voting for. They just want more Americans (specifically white Americans) to have children.