Objective: To determine individual and delivery characteristics of women least likely to obtain a requested postpartum tubal ligation (PPTL) and, secondarily, to compare the postpartum contraceptive choices of women with an unfulfilled sterilization request to women not requesting a PPTL.
Study Design: Record review ofwomen delivering a liveborn singleton between December 2007 and May 2008 at the University of Texas San Antonio. Primary outcomes were risk factors for not receiving a requested PPTL.