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If a woman wants to be permanently sterilized, you want to get your tubes removed (not snipped) and a hysterectomy is absolutely not a good choice for birth control.Can't you get your tubes tied instead of getting your uterus removed. I'm no scientician but from what I remember the uterus has numerous functions that have nothing to do with breeding such as regulating the endocrine system and just anchoring everything in place.
Sterilization is NOT birth control. It just isn't. @Mao Hao Hao did a good job of covering the risks already.
Furthermore, as you already acknowledged @TruffleSpark, the uterus is not just for making babies. This came up in the Fat Acceptance thread, too, but a lot of people have an overly-simplistic view of that organ.
The uterus also plays a role in spatial memory. Rats with uteruses removed found it more difficult to navigate mazes. (nlm)
“Hysterectomy-induced memory changes, even 12 months later, don't seem to be driven by a change from the ovaries, which really is leaning into the suggestion that there's a uterus–brain connection that is not yet known and impacting specific cognitive functions,” Bimonte-Nelson says. “That's what we're working really hard on figuring out right now.”