Ethnoracial and rural-urban differences in female sterilization in Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru [PDF]
IntroductionIn Latin America, 26 percent of women use sterilization to avert unwanted pregnancies. Although sterilization provides first-tier effectiveness, long-acting continuation over time, and life-long cost-benefit, previous research has documented ...
Lucrecia Mena-Meléndez
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Female sterilization paradoxical association with premature menopause in Bihar [PDF]
Premature menopause is a growing public health crisis with serious implications for women’s well-being. While premature menopause prevalence varies across India, Bihar’s rates are exceptionally high (11%), warranting specific investigation.
Karan Babbar
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Reproductive Outcome After Sterilization Reversal in Women of Advanced Reproductive Age [PDF]
Our objective was to assess the clinical outcome of tubal reversal in women of advanced reproductive age.A multicenter retrospective chart review of 153 patients who underwent a tubal ligation reversal was carried out. Patients were evaluated according to age.
M. Cohen+5 more
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Making the Case for Genocide, the Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Peoples of Peru
Peru’s national health program Programa de Salud Reproductiva y Planificación Familiar (PSRPF) aimed to uphold women’s reproductive rights and address the scarcity in maternity related services. Despite these objectives, during PSRPF’s implementation the
Ñusta P. Carranza Ko
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Gonad-Sparing Surgical Sterilization in Dogs
Elective sterilization of pet dogs is a common surgical procedure performed in veterinary practice. The main benefit of sterilization is population control and the reduction in euthanasia of unwanted dogs.
Michelle A. Kutzler
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O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os impactos e as possíveis mudanças que a implementação da nova legislação sobre planejamento familiar teve nas práticas reprodutivas, especialmente na esterilização voluntária, e observar se os diretos reprodutivos ...
Elza Berquó, Suzana Cavenaghi
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Sterilization of mentally retarded persons: reproductive rights and family privacy.
The undisputed objective of sterilization law is to promote decisions that reflect the interests of the disabled person. The autonomy model proposed in this article offers a more accurate and precise definition of these interests than does the paternalism model that forms the foundation of current law. The paternalism model limits the mentally disabled
Elizabeth S. Scott
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Integrating Conservation and Community Engagement in Free-Roaming Cat Management: A Case Study from a Natura 2000 Protected Area [PDF]
La Graciosa, a Natura 2000 site in the Canary Islands, faces substantial conservation challenges, including a large free-roaming cat population that threatens the island’s native biodiversity. In July 2024, a Trap–Neuter–Return (TNR) campaign achieved an
Octavio P. Luzardo+4 more
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Territorially Stratified Modeling for Sustainable Management of Free-Roaming Cat Populations in Spain: A National Approach to Urban and Rural Environmental Planning [PDF]
This study presents the scientific and methodological foundation of Spain’s first national framework for the ethical management of community cat populations: the Action Plan for the Management of Community Cat Colonies (PACF), launched in 2025 under the ...
Octavio P. Luzardo+3 more
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Sterilization and castration have been synonyms for thousands of years. Making an animal sterile meant to render them incapable of producing offspring.
Rex A. Hess+9 more
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