Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice

Changes in how healthcare is managed have had a meaningful effect on what contraceptive options are available to women.

By: Liana Woskie, Tufts University and Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: May 22, 2026

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Last Updated: 2 months ago

By Liana Woskie, Tufts University and Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh

For decades, female sterilization has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the U.S.: 11.5% of U.S. women, ages 15-49, use female sterilization as their primary contraceptive method – nearly identical to the pill.

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