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Researchers made an astonishing discovery when comparing the safety and effectiveness of IUDs and tubal ligation: The rates of pregnancy were similar, and IUDs were much safer. Instead of finding pregnancy rates on the order of one in every 1,000 or 10,000 tubal ligation procedures, they found a rate of 2.64 per 100 procedures. For placement of levonorgestrel IUDs the rate was lower — 2.4 per 100 procedures.

Study: IUDs Are as Effective as Tubal Ligation — and Safer

Far fewer infections, medical complications