30-day wait before tubal sterilization is unjust, say Ob/GYN experts

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Current US health policy requires Medicaid beneficiaries to wait 30 days before tubal sterilization. Ob/gyn experts argue that this violates health care justice as elective tubal sterilization is readily available to women with a private source of payment. Writing in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, they urge obstetricians to advocate for change to eliminate health care injustice in women's access to elective tubal sterilization.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news