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/Pineapple_Herder Jan 07 '25

Those out of the blue messages from former friends/colleagues are some of the most impactful. I hope she's doing well

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u/gearnut Jan 08 '25

They generally show that you had value to the person outside the context in which you knew them.

A year after we had first met a former line manager pulled me aside to thank me for my openness around my autism when I started working for him as it helped him recognise that he is also autistic. It meant a lot to me that he had found my openness so helpful (it also made things much more comfortable for me and I am still enjoying the job).

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u/Pineapple_Herder Jan 08 '25

That's awesome. And you're absolutely right. It shows how much we can impact others without ever really even knowing