Exploratory research, which used the database of a research involving women undergoing tubal ligation, to determine, more accurately, the frequency of ambivalent women and analyze the statistical distribution of these women according to the selected research and how they had originally classified themselves in regard to the procedure (totally or moderately satisfied, ambivalent, totally or moderately regretful). The assumption of the study was that, making up a more accurate assessment of the answers to several of the issues that were asked to them, the number of ambivalent women could be higher than previously disclosed. This assumption was confirmed, being noted a significant increase of women who both had reasons for satisfaction as to regret in relation to tubal ligation (ambivalent women). The results allowed the understanding that the ambivalence regarding tubal ligation is a phenomenon that, subject to multiple determinations, involves a very large portion of the subjectivity of women, making its interpretation a very complex one.
Women's health; Reproductive rights; Tubal sterilization
