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Young People Turn to Permanent Sterilization as Abortion Restrictions Rise, Study Finds

People aged 18-30 are choosing tubal ligation and vasectomies (Credit: Pexels.com/Pavel Danilyuk)

Young adults in the U.S. are increasingly getting permanent sterilization procedures following the overturning of Roe V. Wade in 2022, according to new research.

A paper published in JAMA Health Forum showed that people aged 18-30 are choosing tubal ligation and vasectomies because they are "much more likely to have an abortion and... to experience sterilization regret relative to their older counterparts."

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