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/DemiserofD Jan 07 '25

Relatively yes, but statistically not really. The vast majority of people have vasectomies/tubal ligations between 35 and 37, so the flat increase is quite minor, likely measured in four or at most five digits.

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u/Mr-Scurvy Jan 07 '25

If you follow the links it was 58 and 27 procedures.

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u/BladeDoc Jan 07 '25

Relative risk v actual risk strikes every time.