Sterilization

Effectiveness: 99.5%

Cost: Covered by most government health insurance plans.

How It Works:

Female: Tubal Ligation is a surgical procedure that closes off the fallopian tubes. This prevents the sperm and egg from uniting.

Male: Vasectomy is a surgical procedure involving cutting or tying the vas deferens which are the connecting tubes from testes to the penis.

Advantages

-Highly effective

-Few complications

-Poses no long term health risks

Disadvantages

-This is considered permanent methods

-Some post operative pain.