5.3.26

Male Contraception - Sterilisation

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Sterilisation

Women and men can control fertility to prevent a woman from getting pregnant. If they choose to have a permanent procedure to remove any chance of getting pregnant, they undergo a sterilisation:

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Women

  • For a woman, this involves having the fallopian tubes (ducts which connect the ovaries to the uterus) cut so that an egg cannot reach the uterus.
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Men

  • For a man, this involves having the sperm ducts (the tubes between the testes and the penis) cut so that the sperm are not released on ejaculation.

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