Share on Pinterest Permanent sterilization procedures, such as tubal ligation, are on the rise in states where abortion access is banned or restricted. SDI Productions/Getty Images Permanent ...

After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobb decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to have an abortion, many are reconsidering their birth control and pregnancy ...

When Puerto Rico became a colony of the US in 1898, much of its population was living in poverty. The US government and Puerto Rico's appointed government instituted an economic development strategy ...

Google searches for female sterilization, tubes tied surgery, fallopian tube removal, tubal ligation and salpingectomy have all shot up in the U.S. over the last week following news that Roe v. Wade ...

In August 1964, the North Carolina Eugenics Board met to decide if a 20-year-old Black woman should be sterilized. Because her name was redacted from the records, we call her Bertha. She was a single ...

Tubal sterilization is thought to be a permanent form of birth control and is the most common method of contraception nationally. But a new study led by UC San Francisco reports that tubal surgery ...

Recently, Nashville’s district attorney banned prosecutors from offering female sterilization in plea deals. Believe it or not, Nashville prosecutors have offered this option four times in the past ...

All Michigan was stirred last week when Edward H. Williams, new Wayne County auditor, lashed out hotly with the charge that at a training school for mental defectives near Detroit trickery was used to ...

Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to deliver to the United Nations Convention on Indigenous Rights. American Indian ...

Tega Cay is set to use sharpshooters to manage its deer population, but some neighbors are upset that the city’s sterilization process won’t continue this year.