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  2. Vasectomy - Wikipedia

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    Vasectomy is an elective surgical procedure that results in male sterilization, often as a means of permanent contraception. During the procedure, the male vasa deferentia are cut and tied or sealed so as to prevent sperm from entering into the urethra and thereby prevent fertilization of a female through sexual intercourse.

  3. Legal status of human sterilization by country - Wikipedia

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    Laws regarding sterilization for contraceptive purposes around the world: Legal from the age of 18. Legal from the age of 21, 25 or 18 for those with two children. Legal from the age of 25. Legal from the age of 30, 35 or 40. Legal for those with at least 3, 4 or 5 children sometimes with additional age requirements.

  4. Sterilization law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sterilization law is the area of law, that concerns a person's purported right to choose or refuse reproductive sterilization and when a given government may limit it. In the United States, it is typically understood to touch on federal and state constitutional law, statutory law, administrative law, and common law.

  5. World Vasectomy Day - Wikipedia

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    World Vasectomy Day. World Vasectomy Day (WVD) is an annual event to raise global awareness of vasectomy as a male-oriented solution to prevent unintended pregnancies. The goal is for doctors all over the world to perform vasectomies, connected to the event via Skype and social media platforms.

  6. MSI Reproductive Choices - Wikipedia

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    www.msichoices.org. MSI Reproductive Choices, named Marie Stopes International until November 2020, [1] is an international non-governmental organisation providing contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries around the world. MSI Reproductive Choices as an organisation lobbies in favour of access to abortion, and provides a variety ...

  7. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Vasectomy is the surgical occlusion of the vas deferens, tubes that connect to the male testes and transport sperm, a procedure for the purposes of sterilization in males. Vesiculectomy is the removal of all or part of the seminal vesicle. Vitrectomy is the removal of some or all of the vitreous humor from the eye.

  8. No-scalpel vasectomy - Wikipedia

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    No-scalpel vasectomy (also called non-scalpel vasectomy, keyhole vasectomy or NSV) is a type of vasectomy procedure in which a specifically designed ringed clamp and dissecting hemostat is used to puncture the scrotum [1] to access the vas deferens. This is different from a conventional or incisional vasectomy where the scrotal opening is made ...

  9. Tubal ligation - Wikipedia

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    Tubal ligation (commonly known as having one's " tubes tied ") is a surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are permanently blocked, clipped or removed. This prevents the fertilization of eggs by sperm and thus the implantation of a fertilized egg. Tubal ligation is considered a permanent method of sterilization ...