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Meet the Women Telling Their Sterilization Stories on TikTok

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via TikTok

Women and non-binary people tired of getting turned down by doctors for sterilization are taking to TikTok to express their frustration—and also their joy at being child-free.

Alaina Demopoulos

Some people unbox beauty products on TikTok; Sadie shows off surgical scars. At home in front of a bathroom mirror, wearing floral printed leggings and a chestnut brown sweater, Sadie pointed out three tiny incision marks coming on their belly button, and both sides of the hip.

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Alaina Demopoulos

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