Device Ratings

Social Studies

SAFETY ISSUES

One-year continuation of postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device: findings from a retrospective cohort study in India
Somesh Kumara,b, Ashish Srivastavaa, Surendra Sharmaa, Vivek Yadava, Atul Mittala, Young–Mi Kima, Angela Nash-Mercadoa, Sijmen A. Reijneveldb, Bulbul Sooda
Contraception Journal
April 2019

Safety of intrauterine devices in MRI
by Simon Bussmann, Roger Luechinger, Johannes M. Froehlich, Constantin von Weymarn, Carolin Reischauer, Dow Mu Koh, Andreas Gutzeit
PLOS One - Journal of Peer Reviewed Science
October 9, 2018

“I wish they could hold on a little longer”:
Physicians' experiences with requests for early IUD removal
Jennifer R. Amico, Ariana H. Bennett, Alison Karasz, Marji Gold
Volume 96, Issue 2 - Contraception Journal
August 2017

“She just told me to leave it”:
Women's experiences discussing early elective IUD removal
Jennifer R. Amico, Ariana H. Bennett, Alison Karasz, Marji Gold
Volume 94, Issue 4 - Contraception Journal
October 2016

Interest in and experience with IUD self-removal
Diana Greene Foster
Contraception Volume 90, Issue 1, Pages 54-59
July 2014

Mirena® - the discontinuing story
Dr. Ayman A. A. Ewies - Gynecological Endocrinology
July 31, 2009

SOCIAL ISSUES

Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices
ACOG Committee Opinion
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
May 2018 (Number 735)

Providing Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in an Academic Family Medicine Center
Family Medicine 47(9):727-731 · 
October 2015

Contraceptive Coverage and the Affordable Care Act
Mary Tschann, MPH* and Reni Soon, MD, MPH
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2015 Dec; 42(4): 605–617.
Published online September 16, 2015

AAP Updates Recommendations on Teen Pregnancy Prevention
American Academy of Pediatrics
September 29, 2014

Women or LARC First? Reproductive Autonomy And the Promotion of Long‐Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods
Anu Manchikanti Gomez , Liza Fuentes, Amy Allina
May 23, 2014 - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

2018
to
2020

Planned Parenthood in N.Y. Disavows Margaret Sanger Over Eugenics
By Nikita Stewart
July 21, 2020 - New York Times

A Tough Pill to Swallow: The Racist Foundations of the Birth Control Movement
by Jesi Taylor Cruz
June 4th, 2020 - Blood + Milk

Let’s compensate victims of California’s forced sterilization program — quickly, before they die
By The Times Editorial Board
May 18, 2018 - Los Angeles Times

After a rocky start, the IUD is now celebrating its 50th birthday
By Katherine Ellen Foley
January 27, 2018 - Quartz

2016
to
2017

Israeli gynecologist builds a better IUD. 
By Abigail Klein Leichman
December, 25 2017 - Israel21c

The Cooper Companies Completes Acquisition of PARAGARD® IUD From Teva 
November 1, 2017

The U.S. Is Still Forcibly Sterilizing Prisoners
by Lea Hunter
August 23, 2017 - Talk Poverty

Drug agency re-evaluates hormone spirals
June 13, 2017 - CBG Network

MIRENA's dark soul
BAYER's hormone spirals under observation
By Jan Pehrke
June 2017 - CBG Network

2015

Warren Buffett's family secretly funded a birth control revolution
Danielle Paquette
August 9, 2015 - The Washington Post

Warren Buffett Has Secretly Given Millions To Support Reproductive Health, Research For IUD Technology
By Cameron Keady 
August 3, 2015 - Huffington Post

Have an IUD? Thank Warren Buffett
By Danielle Paquette 
July 31, 2015 - Washington Post

IUDs Have A New, Secret Billionaire Backer
by Elizabeth Kiefer 
July 30, 2015 - Refinery29

Warren Buffett’s Family Secretly Funded a Birth Control Revolution
By Karen Weise
July 30, 2015 - Bloomberg News

The Great LARC Debate: facilitating a balanced approach to education and promotion of LARCs
By Coco Jervis
July 24, 2015 - Women’s Health Activist Newsletter

IUS Evangelism: The Troubling Truth Behind the Rise of the Coil
By Holly Grigg-Spall,
Author of 'Sweetening the Pill'
June 17, 2015 -The Telegraph

IUS evangelism: The troubling truth behind the rise of the coil
Holly Grigg-Spall,
Author of 'Sweetening the Pill',
June 17, 2015 - CBG Network

2014

Bayer, Red Bull: Fake Advertising in Social Media
December 5, 2014 -
CBG (Coalition Against Bayer-dangers)

• The Birth of the Pill
  How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
  by Jonathan Eig

History of Forced Sterilization and Current U.S. Abuses
By Kathryn Krase
October 1, 2014 - Our Bodies Ourselves

GP incentive scheme increases long-term reversible contraceptive prescriptions
by Franca Davenport
April 7, 2014 - Imperial College of London News

Impact of Pay for Performance on Prescribing of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception in Primary Care: An Interrupted Time Series Study
by Myat E. Arrowsmith, Azeem Majeed, John Tayu Lee, Sonia Saxena - PLOS ONE
April 2, 2014

2012
to
2013

CIR Prison Investigation Opens Another Chapter on Sterilization of Women in U.S.
By Rachel Walden
July 10, 2013 - Our Bodies Ourselves

Mirena Lawsuits Piling Up? What's Next?
Learning 2 Walk Again
December 6, 2012

The Mirena IUD is Becoming More Popular – and the Lawsuits are Piling Up
Steven W. Mosher 

November 20, 2012 - Population Research Council

Changes in use of long-acting contraceptive methods in the U.S., 2007–2009 
Lawrence B. Finer, Ph.D., Jenna Jerman, M.P.H., & Megan L. Kavanaugh, Dr.P.H. - Guttmacher Institute
Available online July 13, 2012.

BAYER: Marketing Expenses Concealed
March 30, 2012 - Press Release
Coalition against BAYER Dangers (Germany)

2011

Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks
By Michelle Kessel and Jessica Hopper
November 7, 2011 - NBC News

The case that hung by a thread:
Dalkon Shield IUD
Professor Walter’s History Lessons
August 18, 2011

Contraceptive Comeback:
The Maligned IUD Gets a Second Chance
by Jennifer Couzin-Frankel
July 15, 2011 - Wired

Victims of Bayer Contraceptives to appear at Shareholder Meeting
Press Release - April 13, 2011
Coalition against Bayer Dangers (Germany)

Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States
By Lutz Kaelber - Associate Professor of Sociology
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 - University of Vermont

2003
to
2010

FDA OKs IUD for heavy menstrual bleeding
United Press International
October 5, 2009 - Science News

The Dark History of Bayer Drugs
May 2008 - iLawsuit

50 years on, Puerto Rico remembers the pill
by Michael Cook
Apr 16, 2004 - BioEdge - Bioethics News from around the World

Warren Buffett Ends Support for Population Control Programs
PRI Staff -  
July 1, 2003

Threads discussing Warren Buffet articles

• Reddit

• GBCN
  

Warren Buffett Biography

• Birth Control Before the Pill

• Eugenics and Birth Control

• Roots of the Pill

• G.D. Searle Develops the Pill

• The FDA Approves the Pill

• The Pill and Informed Consent

• The Puerto Rico Pill Trials

• A Timeline of Contraception

• The Side Effects of the Pill

• Senate Hearings on the Pill

• The Pill in America

• Past Pill Use

2000
to
2002

Eugenics Victims to Get Apology
By Associated Press
November 16, 2002 - Eugene Register Guard

Helen Rodriquez-Trias and Eunice Corfman
National Women’s Health Network Pioneers
December 2001

Helen Rodriquez-Trias Biography
Changing Face of Medicine - NIH
December 2001

1990’s

Product Liability and the Threat to Contraception
By Marc Arkin
February 1, 1999 - Manhattan Institute
Detailed history of IUD contraceptions, especially the Copper 7 and Copper T that I found quite disturbing & eye opening. 

Dalkon Shield Trust to Pay $800 Million
By The Associated Press
October 4, 1995 - New York Times

1980’s

Searle to Settle Copper-7 IUD Suits
By Reuters
June 16, 1989 - New York Times

Searle to Settle Some Copper-7 IUD Suits
From Associated Press
June 16, 1989 - LA Times

Settlement Reached In Copper 7 IUD Trial
By Richard De Atley
April 5, 1989 - Associated Press

Searle, Assailing Lawsuits, Halts U.S. Sales of Intrauterine Devices
By Tamar Lewin
February 1, 1986 - New York Times

What A. H. Robins Has Wrought
By Barnaby J. Feder
December 13, 1987 - New York Times

The Sad Legacy of the Dalkon Shield
By Gina Kolata - New York Times
December 6, 1987

The Dalkon Shield Disaster
By Robin Marantz Henig
November 17, 1985 - Washington Post

Chronicle of a Scandal
By Rona Cherry
September 22, 1985 - New York Times

Dalkon Shield Gives Birth to a Generation of Lawsuits
Karen Kenney
April 30, 1985 - Chicago Tribune

After a Lawyer Turns Whistle-Blower, the Company That Made the Dalkon Shield Warns Women of Its Dangers
By Jane Sims Podesta
January 14, 1985 - People Magazine

Judge criticized for Dalkon Shield remarks
By Tom Uhlenbrock
November 3, 1984 - United Press International

1970’s

The Corporate Crime of the Century
Mark Dowie - Mother Jones
November/December 1979

The Charge: Gynocide - The Accused: The U.S. Government
Mark Dowie, Barbara Ehrenreich & Stephen Minkin - Mother Jones
November / December 1979

A Case of Corporate Malpractice
by Mark Dowie and Tracy Johnston
November 1976 - Mother Jones

1930’s

Birth Control: The Case for the State
Don Wharton
October 1939 - The Atlantic

Official
Info

It1Me
39+ articles about IUDs
Lots of history and a listing of different types.
- Copper IUD
- IUD with Progestogen
- Long Active Reversible Contraception

Official Liletta FDA Approval

Mirena Releasing Intrauterine System: Side Effects, Interactions ...
Rx List

World Health Organization
Publications index

Current
Lawsuits

INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS

IUD CLASS ACTION
Formed by a group of women just like me who are tying to compile as many stories in one place in order to bring awareness to the magnitude of this problem.

Mirena IUD Lawsuits:
Why You May Not Have a Case
August 6, 2013

Mirena Lawsuits Piling Up? What's Next?
December 6, 2012

The Mirena IUD is Becoming More Popular – and the Lawsuits are Piling Up
Steven W. Mosher 
November 20, 2012 

LAWFIRM WEBSITES

Current lawsuit promotion regarding Mirena

Mirena IUD Lawsuits -
Dangerous Medical Devices

Mirena IUD Neurological Side Effects Include Pseudotumor Cerebri
By Tamara Burns - December 29, 2016

Mirena Intracranial Hypertension Concerns are Serious
By Joanna Szabo - December 22, 2016

Mirena Recall

Mirena Side Effects Can Mimic Brain Tumor
By Tamara Burns - December 9, 2016

Pseudotumor Cerebri Linked to Mirena Brain Side Effects
By Amanda Antell - December 27, 2016

Paragard IUD Lawsuits
In Search of the Truth
Tosi Law LLP

Recent lawsuit over Paragard migrating & imbedding in colon.  Links to other side effects.