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ligation

[lahy-gey-shuhn] / laɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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She shared her tubal ligation journey in a 30-minute YouTube video last March, explaining her decision to have the procedure.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2025

I didn't have to worry about that to the point where a year after we were married, I went ahead and had tubal ligation because he didn't want kids, I didn't want kids.

From Salon Sep. 28, 2024

“The cost and complexity of the procedure of a tubal ligation is much higher, yet we're still seeing different uses of tubal sterilization versus vasectomy.”

From Salon Apr. 12, 2024

These groundbreaking NKeNDs simultaneously display cancer-targeting ligands, such as HER2Afb or EGFRAfb, and NK cell-recruiting ligands, aCD16Nb, on the surface of the AaLS through the SpyCatcher/SpyTag protein ligation system.

From Science Daily Dec. 29, 2023

We won her freedom after establishing that she had had a tubal ligation five years prior to her arrest, which made it biologically impossible for her to conceive, let alone give birth to, a child.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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