How to Use vasectomy in a Sentence

vasectomy

noun
  • This vas is the same tube that gets cut during a vasectomy.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 25 June 2026
  • But how did this pairing take hold — and what does a vasectomy involve?
    — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Men would have to pay for the vasectomies themselves, according to the bill.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Stein, a father of two, had his own vasectomy more than 20 years ago.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Perhaps don't go and get a vasectomy without telling your wife.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 June 2019
  • My cousin and her husband had two healthy boys, so my cousin had her tubes tied, and her husband had a vasectomy.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Brandt had a vasectomy right after we got married.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Not every call was a patient inquiry about a vasectomy, but many were.
    — Dallas News, 1 July 2022
  • And for the right patient, Shaw said, a vasectomy is a great option.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • Choi says there's a growing list of men who have requested vasectomies, with nearly a dozen on the books so far.
    — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 3 Apr. 2023
  • This is less of an issue though as vasectomies are more often used by those with private insurance.
    — Amanda Masse and Nadi Nina Kaonga, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
  • What are the odds after 18 years of my vasectomy not working?
    — Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2022
  • There wasn’t any long-term damage to my uterus but my husband decided to get a vasectomy.
    — Fox News, 10 July 2018
  • While only condoms and vasectomies are available as of now, new options may soon be on the horizon.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Even when partners do choose vasectomy, the stigma seems to persist.
    — Dara T. Mathis, SELF, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The men are currently waiting to have the vasectomies performed.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 21 July 2017
  • Sure, men can use condoms or have a vasectomy, but women have a much more dizzying array of options from which to choose.
    — Carrie Arnold, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2013
  • Brandt said her husband had a vasectomy after her daughter was born and that the couple does not plan to have more children out of fear.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 July 2023
  • While the rate of both tubal libations and vasectomies increased rapidly, the rate of women getting their tubes tied was twice as high.
    — Theara Coleman, theweek, 13 Sep. 2024
  • This makes acceptance of vasectomy quite tricky.
    — Jenna Vinson, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Brian Austin Green got a vasectomy after the birth of his son Zane.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
  • For males, this means a vasectomy, which is a surgical procedure that cuts off the supply of sperm to the semen.
    — Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the late 1970s, Dederich’s push for mass vasectomies drove many members away.
    — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • In this case, the answer will remain untested because Long had a vasectomy.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Men were offered vasectomies and women were offered the birth control implant Nexplanon, which lasts three to five years.
    — Jonathan Mattise, The Seattle Times, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Steven, on the other hand, is open to kids and opposed to long-lasting forms of birth control such as sterilization or a vasectomy.
    — Julianne McShane, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • At the time, the 22-year-old mom had been in an enclosure with a male boa who had received a vasectomy more than four years prior to the births.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
  • And the men seeking vasectomies after Dobbs were also an average of two years younger and had fewer children.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2024
  • And should female sterilisation be as easy to access as vasectomies?
    — TheWeek, 8 May 2026
  • The first vasectomy was performed in 1897.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026

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