Nach Dobbs Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs suchten mehr Frauen nach einer dauerhaften Empfängnisverhütung. Die Zahl der Frauen, die sich einer Tubenligatur unterziehen – einer Operation, die eine Schwangerschaft dauerhaft verhindert –, stieg im Jahr nach der Entscheidung in vier US-Bundesstaaten um 51 %. Ein größerer Anteil von ihnen war auch jünger und hatte noch nie zuvor ein Kind zur Welt gebracht.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.contraceptionjournal.org/article/S0010-7824(25)00401-9/abstract

From the linked article:

**More women sought permanent contraception after Supreme Court Dobbs decision**

A new study finds that the political climate influenced decision making and reproductive health and family planning

June 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ended the federal constitutional right to abortion and returned authority to individual states to regulate abortion. A new study from researchers at Penn State College of Medicine, Albany Medical Center, University of South Florida and University of Tennessee Medical Center revealed that the change in abortion policies appears to have a trickle-down effect, influencing reproductive health and family planning decisions.

The research team found that the **number of women undergoing tubal ligations — a surgical procedure that permanently prevents pregnancy — increased 51% across four academic medical centers in four states in the year after the Supreme Court decision compared to the prior year. A greater proportion of those seeking the procedure were also younger and had never given birth before**.

The study, which is available online ahead of publication in the journal Contraception, is the first to examine the impact of political factors on patients deciding to seek female permanent contraceptive procedures. Almost half of those seeking the procedure reported that their decision was somewhat or very related to the current political climate, even in states considered to be protective of abortion access.