The number of young people who sought permanent contraception鈥攕uch as tubal ligations or vasectomies鈥攔ose immediately after the US Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization, researchers reported in JAMA Health Forum. The came from US patients aged 18 to 30 years.

The researchers found that the increase in tubal ligations was more than double that of vasectomies. This discrepancy in rates 鈥渓ikely reflects the fact that young women are overwhelmingly responsible for preventing pregnancy and disproportionately experience the health, social and economic consequences of abortion bans,鈥� study author Jacqueline Ellison, PhD, MPH, said in a .