BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
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To determine if it is proper to give a woman of higher parity who needs at short notice a caesarean section the option of a tubal ligation. ⋯ We found no evidence that the need to take an urgent decision resulted in more regret following tubal ligation. Women were far more likely to regret declining a tubal ligation (40%) than regret accepting one (2.5%). In this setting, some women are more likely to die of the next pregnancy than to regret an emergency tubal ligation.