More women have made the decision to “tie their fallopian tubes” , after in 2022 the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 decision in the case “Roe v. Wade”, recognizing the constitutional right to abortion, and the biggest increase in this indicator is in states that prohibit abortion, the Associated Press reported. quoted by BTA, citing a new study.
A study published yesterday by the (“Journal of the American Medical Association”) looked at insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 on about 4.8 million women who underwent a “hysterectomy” pipes“ – a type of female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are severed or tied to prevent fertilization. Data was obtained from 36 states and Washington, DC, and the study authors categorized locations as “forbidden“, “restricted“ or “protected“ based on abortion policies.
In the eighteen months leading up to the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the subject of a “binding” was constant in all three categories of states, and in the second half of 2022 the number of procedures performed increased in all three groups.
The study also looked at the steady change in the number of procedures over time, which increased by 3% per month in states that ban abortion.
"It is not entirely surprising given the changes in abortion laws," said Xiao Shu, lead author of the scientific study and associate professor of reproductive sciences at the Vegilus College of Physicians and Surgeons. to Columbia University.
Another finding, published in April in the Health Forum, noted a sharp rise in “ligation“ among women aged 18 to 30, as well as vasectomies (male sterilization) among the same age group.