Excerpt from Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators (insurance provider for LDS Church Employees) policy on tubal ligation and vasectomies.: 1 Tubal ligation or vasectomy are not covered for family planning but will be covered when medical conditions of the wife justify the procedure based on one or more of the following criteria being met: • Maternal … Read more
From the current (2017) LDS Handbook 2: Administering the Church: 21.4.15Surgical Sterilization (Including Vasectomy) The Church strongly discourages surgical sterilization as an elective form of birth control. Surgical sterilization should be considered only if (1) medical conditions seriously jeopardize life or health or (2) birth defects or serious trauma have rendered a person mentally incompetent … Read more