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More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision - C C - Nov 7, 2025
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104970
INTRO: In June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ended the federal constitutional right to abortion and returned authority to individual states to regulate abortion. A new study from researchers at Penn State, Albany Medical Center, University of South Florida and University of Tennessee Medical Center revealed that the change in abortion policies appears to have a trickle-down effect, influencing reproductive health and family planning decisions.
The research team found that the number of women undergoing tubal ligations — a surgical procedure that permanently prevents pregnancy — increased 51% across four academic medical centers in four states in the year after the Supreme Court decision compared to the prior year. A greater proportion of those seeking the procedure were also younger and had never given birth before.
The study, which was published in the journal Contraception, is the first to examine the impact of political factors on patients deciding to seek female permanent contraceptive procedures. Almost half of those seeking the procedure reported that their decision was somewhat or very related to the current political climate, even in states considered to be protective of abortion access.
“The Dobbs decision was an inflection point that made people think about their future plans,” said Sarah Horvath, associate professor and vice chair of research in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and co-author on the study. “More than anything, we saw that the Dobbs decision impacted the timing for people seeking tubal ligations more than it influenced the actual decision to have the procedure.” (MORE - details, no ads)
RE: More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision - Syne - Nov 7, 2025
Which only proves how many women were using abortion as a method of birth control.
RE: More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision - Railko - Nov 10, 2025
Nope:
Quote:“I didn’t really have anyone come in who had never thought about permanent contraception before Dobbs and now, all of a sudden, they wanted the procedure. That didn’t happen,” Horvath said. She explained that most patients she encountered were satisfied with their current reversible contraceptive method but were worried that their options would be more limited in the future or that their insurance wouldn’t cover their preferred method anymore. Those concerns prompted them to seek a permanent method to prevent pregnancy.
https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(25)00401-9/abstract
Quote:Residing in an abortion-protective state does not prevent the fear that arises from legislative control over reproductive health decisions, which threatens reproductive justice and patient autonomy.
Most of them were happy with their current methods (which were presumably effective), they just wanted to make it permanent in this political climate. In places where abortion remains legal this reality doesn't change.
RE: More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision - Syne - Nov 10, 2025
Anecdotal.
RE: More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision - confused2 - Nov 11, 2025
(Nov 7, 2025 02:24 AM)Syne Wrote: Which only proves how many women were using abortion as a method of birth control.
Speculation dishonestly claimed to be 'proof'.