r/science 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/d-wail Jan 07 '25

Several state attorneys-general are suing birth control companies because the teen birth rates have dropped so much.

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u/Rocktopod Jan 07 '25

What are the damages they're claiming?

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u/queenringlets Jan 07 '25

If I remember correctly it was for loss of state funding.