Revisiting Post-Sterilization Regret in India

ConclusionWomen need to be counselled about the permanent nature of sterilization in order to avoid future regret as sterilization is largely dominated by socio-economic conditions. Thus, couples ’ decision-making towards using the contraceptive from the basket of choice would help in uplifting the social and cultural status of women in conservative societies and will have a positive effect on contraceptive use. In addition, efforts should be made to educate both the partners equally about contraceptive methods that have higher efficiency. Further, there is also a need to improve the quality of services, both in terms of counselling and service provision. Lastly, health-related policies should tackle disparities in the empowerment, and economic status of women that would result in de creased post-sterilization regret, and will improve sexual relationships following sterilization.
Source: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India - Category: OBGYN Source Type: research