Dr. R K Mishra explaining laparoscopic tubal sterilization at World Laparoscopy Hospital. About 20% of women choose tubal ligation as their contraceptive method, making it the second most common form of female contraception in the United States. The use of tubal ligation increases with parity: 59% of women who have had 3 children undergo sterilization versus 13% after 1 child. Of women who decide not to have more children, 44% choose sterilization over reversible contraceptive methods.