Some women have fallopian tubes removed for permanent birth control. It could also lower ovarian cancer risk – CBC

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May 20, 2026

Franziska Bohm long knew she didn’t want kids and asked her family doctor to have her tubes tied, known officially as tubal ligation. At 28, she had her fallopian tubes removed after the surgeon recommended the procedure instead of the tubal ligation.

The procedure followed years of back and forth with her family doctor, who advised against undergoing a permanent form of birth control in her 20s.

“My doctor in Edmonton kind of brushed me off, referred me to different methods,” such as intrauterine devices (IUDs), said the 35-year-old.

Several women have reached out to CBC’s White Coat, Black Art to share their challenges of trying to get a referral from their family physician for tubal ligation as a method of permanent birth control while in their 20s.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whitecoat/removal-fallopian-tubes-reduction-ovarian-cancer-risk-9.7203842