DALLAS – On the day the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Austin Urology Institute fielded 400 calls, double its usual volume.
Not every call was a patient inquiry about a vasectomy, but many were. The office added extra appointment slots to accommodate the increased requests for consultations for the sometimes-reversible contraceptive procedure, said urologist Dr. Koushik Shaw.
Reproductive health specialists across the state are seeing increased interest in long-term and permanent contraceptive options, including vasectomies, tubal ligations and intrauterine devices, known as IUDs, in response that limits the procedure in most cases.
