How to Use tubal ligation in a Sentence

tubal ligation

noun
  • In the 18 months before the Dobbs decision, the rate of tubal ligations remained steady in all three groups.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The woman, who sought a tubal ligation during her third birth by cesarean section, now has an 8-year-old daughter.
    — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Vasectomies have leveled off at the new higher rate, while tubal ligations still appear to be increasing.
    — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
  • There are long-term contraception methods, less drastic than tubal ligation but just as effective.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Yet in many cases, these women lack a complete and clear understanding of the consequences of tubal ligation.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Hundreds of Latina women were asked to sign papers consenting to tubal ligation in the midst of labor.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022
  • In comparison, during a tubal ligation a doctor cuts and ties (or blocks) the fallopian tubes.
    — Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Searches for terms such as tubal ligation nearly quadrupled in the week after the high court’s decision, Google data shows.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 20 July 2022
  • With four kids and a home to care for, as well as a full-time job to get back to, taking the time to recover from surgery for a tubal ligation would be almost impossible.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Recovery from the procedure takes about two days, as opposed to a female tubal ligation — which is riskier and much more invasive.
    — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 12 July 2022
  • But the law covers only tubal ligation, the surgical blocking of the fallopian tubes.
    — Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Ruiz recommended a doctor who did a tubal ligation without doubting her decision.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 25 July 2022
  • Getting your tubes tied—also known as tubal ligation—is an incredibly effective way to prevent pregnancy.
    — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 16 July 2019
  • But at a Catholic hospital, the same woman often must schedule a second surgery at a different hospital to get a tubal ligation.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2019
  • More than 12 million women have undergone tubal ligation using the clip, according to the lawsuit.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2024
  • While there is no evidence that your weight will compromise the effectiveness of a tubal ligation, the surgery itself is often more difficult to perform.
    — Dawn Stacey, Phd, Lmhc, Verywell Health, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Labor and delivery, birth control and tubal ligation are not list among the women's health services posted on the website of the Chelsea hospital.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Since then, Kayla has visited at least three doctors requesting a tubal ligation, and all have refused, for similar reasons.
    — Wired, 7 July 2022
  • His choice was rooted, in part, by a childhood memory of his mother’s difficult recovery period after her tubal ligation.
    — Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Women were typically subjected to tubal ligation, the cutting or tying of the fallopian tubes to prevent sperm from reaching an egg.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
  • Three years ago, India began officially urging women to choose it over tubal ligation, which the government had long promoted.
    — New York Times, 13 June 2019
  • Because a tubal ligation affects the fallopian tubes but not the uterus, embryos created in a lab can be transferred by a fertility specialist and carried to term.
    — Jeanne Sager, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Tubal factor infertility, too, the result of issues with fallopian tubes or even tubal ligation surgery, is more frequent among Black women.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2021
  • According to Planned Parenthood, tubal ligation can cost anywhere up to $6,000.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 13 July 2023
  • The Essure sterilization device was marketed as less invasive than tubal ligation.
    — Catherine M. Klapperich, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Many women already get parts of their tubes removed during tubal ligation, a procedure to cut, tie or block the tubes to prevent future pregnancies, the most common form of contraception worldwide.
    — Zeina Mohammed — Boston Globe, STAT, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The procedures performed without the patients’ consent included hysterectomies, ovary removals and tubal ligations.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The morning-after pill, vasectomies and tubal ligations are HSA eligible.
    — Martha C. White, wsj.com, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Instead, doctors subjected them to an unwanted tubal ligation surgery, in which the fallopian tubes are sealed off to permanently prevent pregnancy.
    — Kimberly Turner, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
  • In Michigan, a woman diagnosed with a brain tumor was denied a tubal ligation following a cesarean delivery at a Catholic hospital.
    — Rikha Sharma Rani, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2019

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