Vasectomy, tubal ligation… Why is permanent birth control exploding among young Americans?

Contraception alert. On June 24, 2022, the United States Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, which had been in place for fifty years, and thus left it up to each state to set its own laws , which state you’re in, conservative or not, North or South, Republican or Democrat, and we’re already seeing the effects on Americans’ birth control.

The study, led by researchers at George Washington University, was published in the journal Health matters on January 6, highlights the significant increase in end-of-life contraception requests in the months following this decision. The number of vasectomy appointments doubled to 350 in August 2022, up from just 175 in May of the same year.At the same time, there was a 70% increase in appointments for tubal ligations in three months.

If this trend is observed mainly in states where the right to abortion has been restricted or is at risk of being further restricted, it will be strengthened by the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Politician, historian, US specialist Nikol Bachara sheds light on this phenomenon.

Madame Figaro .- Vasectomy, tubal ligation… In the United States, young people, both women and men, are increasingly turning to permanent contraceptives.How to explain this?
Nikol Bacharan: The reasons are in worries. Deciding at a relatively tender age that you will not have children and that you are convinced that this is a reflection of anxiety is unique to the United States, where abortion is almost prohibited in 21 states of the country. Americans today fear further erosion of their contraceptive rights. Since the Supreme Court has given complete authority to the states, a form of panic has arisen over the idea of ​​not being in control of one’s own decision get or only in grotesque conditions.

Does the re-election of Donald Trump cause new concerns?
Donald Trump’s return to power worries many people. Especially since we expect his new mandate to be part of the ultra-conservative movement.I personally don’t expect Trump to specifically tighten birth control laws. He still lost a lot of votes, especially among the female electorate, because of the abortion issue. On the other hand, he will try to be attentive to the people he will take with him and who will manage him.

Permanent contraceptives are more discussed among disadvantaged people

Nicole Bacharan

Is the political context the only source of Americans’ anxiety about contraception?
No, and everything is still not very clear. Economic reasons can also explain the use of final contraception increasingly disturbing young women, even when they have the option of abortion, as is the case in most European countries.Climate change, geopolitical tensions, global uncertainty… So much many reasons that motivate this lack of desire to become a mother.

Did Americans turn to permanent birth control in the first place?
They did it relatively easily. The American I know well is pretty brutal in this election anyway. Just look, for example, at the very high use of C-sections in the U.S. But to go back to permanent contraception has never been seen as extravagant, nor socially degrading, even for men.

After the last two years of strict restrictions on abortion rights in conservative states, A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that one in five American adults fear that contraception is an “endangered right.” And this fear is again felt strongly among young people…
Despite the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed abortion as a constitutional right in the United States since 1973, there will always be extreme conservatives who will never be satisfied. monitor doctors… The risk is even more real today because the abuse of contraception is nothing new. It was during the Obama presidency. A number of companies and associations have been ordered by the courts not to cover birth control in the health insurance contract they write for their employees, even though it was part of the Obamacare “package”. . Here’s why Trump’s next team is worrisome.

in june study showed a significant drop in the number of birth control pills and morning-after pills in states that have passed abortion bans.This is blamed on the Supreme Court’s constitutional right to abortion What other phenomenon have we noticed after the cancellation?
We are starting to monitor the number of abandoned babies in Texas, which we suspect is related to the abortion ban. This is the boomerang effect that anti-abortionists never take into account. However, since ancient times, women have had abortions for many reasons. The only difference is whether they do it safely or at risk.