title: Reply.
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: mccullou@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Laurence B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: McCullough
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Amirhossein
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moaddab
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Karin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Kjersti Marie
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Aagaard
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salmanian
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Susan P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Raine
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Alireza A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shamshirsaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Chervenak
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012935:Social Justice; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*