Canada’s MAiD program targets Catholic hospitals amid euthanasia, sparking constitutional and ethical debates.

While wider biomedical discourses focus on the laparoscope’s convenience, rural women often resist this simplistic ...

About 15 percent of men in the US between the ages of 45 and 49 have undergone a vasectomy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that tubal ligation (tying fallopian tubes) is the ...

In a society where womanhood and motherhood are often viewed as synonymous, 24-year-old Ainam Chamere Ashley made a decision that many would consider radical, even unthinkable. Her recent decision to ...

The UNFPA has warned that world fertility rates are facing an 'unprecedented decline'. In its 2025 report, it said many people are having fewer children than they want, or none at all, because of ...

The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision “made people think about their future plans,” researchers said Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty The number of women who sought permanent birth control via surgery ...

Tubal ligation (sterilization) is a procedure where a surgeon permanently cuts, closes, or removes pieces of a person's fallopian tubes. Tubal ligation is a permanent form of birth control that is ...

"Getting your tubes tied" is a colloquial way to say that someone is undergoing tubal ligation, a sterilizing surgical procedure that involves closing off the fallopian tubes. In non-medically ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

You're reading Part 6 of Coercive Care, a yearlong examination of the denial of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease. As a small child, Pat Wells just thought she had a bad back.