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/kraggleGurl Jan 07 '25

Oh I like your friend.

I rattled off my list of reasons at Planned Parenthood and apparently it was convincing. A couple of weird appts later I was fixed. No one should have to go thru a "lite psych evaluation" and ream of paperwork just to not reproduce.

"Don't make me do it myself with a rusty ice cream scoop. I'll do it."

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u/Tricky-Sentence Jan 07 '25

You wanna get pregnant at 15? Go right ahead.

You want to get sterilized at 25/35/45? You are not ready for such a monumental, premanent decision.

Love being a woman.