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ligation

[lahy-gey-shuhn] / laɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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Between 2020 and 2023, roughly 16,000 women in the East African country underwent tubal ligation, according to Kenya's health ministry.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

Not only is the cost of tubal ligation more expensive than a vasectomy, but it is a more complex procedure.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

Researchers say this could change how people view tubal ligation as a so-called “permanent” contraception option, and how providers discuss birth control options post-Dobbs.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2024

One of their main findings was that the expression of the Il1rl1 gene was markedly higher in peri-root tissue five days after ligation.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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