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• a  of or relating to occurring in a tube such as e.g. the Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube
  tubal ligation
  tubal pregnancy

• Unlike some tubal-ligation methods, Essure cannot be reversed.
• Yet the risk of tubal infertility can easily be reduced.
• She has since studied her options and decided on a tubal ligation: a common procedure, usually performed after delivery, that permanently prevents pregnancy.

News & Articles

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• California's Prison Sterilizations Reportedly Echo Eugenics Era
  At least 148 female inmates at two state facilities underwent tubal ligation surgery between 2006 and 2010, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting.
  July 9, 2013 - NPR
• Officials respond to female inmate sterilization claims
  SACRAMENTO - A state official who reviewed a report that doctors contracted by the state corrections department performed tubal ligations on 148 female inmates without  required state approval said the procedures shouldn't have been performed in the first place.
  July 9, 2013 - News10 Sacramento
• Report: California forcibly sterilized female prison inmates
  By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com Female inmates at California prisons were coerced into undergoing tubal ligation -- sterilization -- without proper approval from 2006 to 2010.
  July 8, 2013 - UPI