Urologists once marketed vasectomies to men during March Madness as an excuse to watch basketball while they recover from the procedure. But since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, more and more men have been getting vasectomies for reasons that have nothing to do with basketball.
Shefali Luthra, reproductive health reporter at The 19th, joins us to discuss why more men are undergoing the procedure.
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