sterilization
Scientists Warn of Fertility Loss in Many Species Due to Climate Change
An experiment with fruit flies reveals the looming threat of male fertility loss at high temperatures.
A Tennessee County Wanted to Sterilize Inmates for Shorter Sentences. That's Over Now.
One former inmate says he refused a vasectomy and was required to serve an additional 30 days
Climate Change May Practically Sterilize Male Insects
Male reproductive damage under heat wave conditions could be contributing to biodiversity declines in the Anthropocene.
'We Were Thrown Out, Half Dead': The Horror of Peru's Forced Sterilizations
In the 90s, hundreds of thousands of Peruvian women were forcibly sterilized as part of a government operation. Over a decade on, the Quipu Project is helping to gather the horrifying testimonies of the victims.
How Young Is Too Young to Be Sterilized?
When Holly Brockwell was 26, she told her doctors she wanted to get her tubes tied; for four years, they refused to perform the procedure on her, saying she might regret it later. Were they right?
Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably a Bad Idea
Hint: no one knows for sure what the consequences would be.
This Woman Says a Hospital in Canada Pushed Her to Undergo Sterilization
Saskatoon Health Region has apologized after Brenda Pelletier and Tracy Bannab went public with stories of being pressured to consent to tubal ligation surgeries. One woman was sterilized.
The Infamous 1968 'Population Bomb' Doomsayer Still Stands by His Claim
Even though England is still totally here.
The Threat of Sterilization Is Darkening Europe's Transgender Quest for Identity
In 19 countries in Europe, transgender people are forced to undergo surgery and sterilization in order to legally change their gender, a practice that has been widely condemned as outdated and abusive.
Iran's Quest to Boost its Population Might Also Involve Crushing Women's Rights
Proposed laws in Iran would restrict contraception, ban sterilization, dismantle state-funded family programs, and allow discrimination against single female job applicants.
Kenyan Women With HIV Are Suing Hospitals and Aid Organizations Over Forced Sterilizations
Five HIV-positive women are suing Doctors Without Borders and other groups over sterilizations that allegedly occurred without their knowledge or proper consent.
Health Workers in India Are Using Pink Dildos to Encourage Men to Use Condoms
India's social conservatism makes it difficult for most people to talk frankly about sex, whether in the case of birth control or in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.