Thedecisionstripped away the constitutional right to an abortion, with abortion now explicitly regulated on a state-by-state basis.
As abortion became more difficult to access, we hypothesized that women might turn to contraception to prevent pregnancy.
The researchers looked at data from nearly five million women across 36 states and Washington D.C.
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The states were divided into three groups, depending on how abortion was treated within their borders.
The procedure usually results in permanent sterilization, though not always.
It is important to study tubal sterilization because it is an irreversible method of contraception.
There is a potential risk that some patients may later regret getting the procedure.
Xiao and her team do plan to continue studying this topic in the future.
As more data comes in, theyd like to see whether this increase in sterilization was temporary or not.
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