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Nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned abortion rights nationwide, a new study published in JAMA Health Forum found the number of men and women seeking permanent contraception, like a vasectomy or tubes tied, increased significantly after abortion rights were overturned.
On the day Roe was overturned, the number of people searching online for sterilization shot up immediately. Many people followed through with it.
"We definitely have seen an increase," said Dr. Dawn Owens Robinson, an OB-GYN at AdventHealth Avista. "I was in Michigan at the time and there was a tremendous number of increases of people desiring and wanting sterilization as fast as possible because they did not want themselves in a predicament that could put their life in danger."
Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/more-choosing-permanent-contraception-post-roe/73-9ec1a878-7dd6-4c6f-b6c3-337899062862
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