This is much more acceptable than a repeat laparotomy, which would have been necessary for interval sterilization before the advent of laparoscopy.
In order to develop an effective sterilization technique for life-detecting space probes, we have investigated the use of low-temperature plasmas.
All of these probes failed and, among other problems, it was later determined that prolonged heat sterilization probably damaged some of the spacecraft electronics.
For any compulsory sterilization programme, the major emphasis is likely to be on post-partum tubal ligation.
Quality needs to be improved by counselling women very carefully about their sterilization decisions, dwelling on its possible irreversibility and providing detailed information about side-effects.
There is, however, no reason to believe that sterilizations during the past 20 years were a consequence of coercion.
The proportion of women regretting sterilization was classified in terms of the children ever born.
Today sterilization is being requested by women in all social classes, after the second or third child.
