Large numbers of young women in their twenties and thirties are getting permanently sterilized in order to make absolutely sure that they will never get pregnant.  In the old days, it was extremely rare to hear of a young woman getting sterilized during her prime childbearing years, but now it is very common.  As you will see below, many U.S. adults no longer consider having children or being married to be very important goals in life.  Instead, a lot of them are focusing on other pursuits, and they don't want unintended pregnancies messing that up.  In some cases, young adults are taking things to the extreme by getting permanently sterilized.  According to one national study, there was a very sharp increase in the number of tubal sterilizations and vasectomies immediately following the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade…

The national study, published today in a JAMA Health ForumTrusted Source research letter, is the first to evaluate the effects of the historic Dobbs v. Jackson ruling on permanent sterilization measures among young adults.