Editing Tubal ligation (section)

== Society and culture ==

===Prevalence===
Of the 64% of married or in-union women worldwide using some form of contraception, approximately one fifth (19% of all women) used female sterilization as their contraception, making it the most common contraceptive method globally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/family/trendsContraceptiveUse2015Report.pdf|title=Trends in Contraceptive Use Worldwide|date=2015|website=Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, United Nations|access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> The percentage of women using female sterilization varies significantly between different regions of the world. Rates are highest in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Oceania, and selected countries in Western Europe, where rates of sterilization are often greater than 40%; rates in Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Eastern Europe, however, are significantly lower, sometimes less than 2%.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Contraceptive sterilization : global issues and trends.|last=EngenderHealth (Firm)|date=2002|publisher=EngenderHealth|others=Ross, John A., 1934-|isbn=1885063318|location=New York, NY|oclc=49322541}}</ref> An estimated 180 million women worldwide have undergone surgical sterilization, compared to approximately 42.5 million men who have undergone [[vasectomy]].<ref name=":1" />

In the United States, female sterilization is used by 30% of married couples<ref name=":02" /> and 22% of women who use any form of contraception, making it the second-most popular contraceptive after the [[Combined oral contraceptive pill|birth control pill]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-use-united-states|title=Contraceptive Use in the United States|date=4 August 2004|website=Guttmacher Institute|language=en|access-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> Slightly more than 8.2 million women in the US use tubal ligation as their main form of contraception,<ref name=":2" /> and approximately 643,000 female sterilization procedures are performed each year in the United States.<ref name=":02" /> A September 2024 study found that states which enacted abortion bans following the ruling in ''[[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization]]'' saw a 39% increase in tubal ligation rates by December 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schmall |first1=Emily |title=When States Banned Abortion, Sterilizations Rose Among Women |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/well/tubal-sterilization-abortion-ban-roe-wade.html |website=[[New York Times]] |access-date=12 September 2024 |date=11 September 2024}}</ref>