Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tubal ligation searches online have soared since Roe v. Wade was overturned. But getting one isn't necessarily easy. (Illustration ...

Having the “tubes tied”— also known as “tubal ligation,” involves cutting, clipping or burning the ends of a woman’s fallopian tubes. Those are the tubes that carry the fertilized egg to the uterus.

Yes, you can still get pregnant with your tubes tied, though it's rare. Your odds are between 1% to 3.7% depending on factors that include age and surgery type. Becoming pregnant after a tubal ...

DAYTON — An obstetrician-gynecologist who has performed hundreds of surgeries to prevent pregnancies called tubal ligation said he has not experienced a noticeable increase in the number of ...

After Rebecca Revely had her third child, she and her husband decided their family was complete. Many women she knew had their tubes tied as a form of permanent birth control, so in 2013 the now ...

When we talk about birth control, there’s one option that’s often left out of the discussion: getting your tubes tied. During a tubal ligation, your fallopian tubes — where the eggs normally travel ...

Ovarian cancer has long been one of the deadliest cancers to strike women. No tests are available to detect it early, so most patients are diagnosed in later stages, when the cancer is more likely to ...

L.A.-resident Ilana (who asked that her last name be withheld), never wanted kids, "even thinking back to when I was a kid," the 29-year-old, who recently had a tubal ligation, tells Yahoo Life. She ...