The new documentary film “The Business of Birth Control” was initially screened virtually on December 10-12, 2021 and is now scheduled to be streamed again from February 4th - February 6th, 2022.
It features many of the same educators and health practitioners who are also linked in the Resources and Recovery Pages.

If you miss either of these screenings the please register on their website to be notified about future screenings and events as well as to stay informed about this movement towards safer contraception and informed consent in making our health decisions.

Looking at the complex relationship of hormonal contraception to women’s health and liberation, The Business of Birth Control features the stories of activists, doctors and scientists who are blowing the whistle on how hormonal birth control affects the mind and body.

The film revisits the 1970’s Nelson Pill Hearings, where feminists disrupted the proceedings to demand informed consent and follows a courageous group of bereaved parents who are fighting to get warning labels on Yaz and NuvaRing fifty years later.

The filmmakers trace the shocking history of how hormonal birth control has been weaponized against communities of color, while capturing a revived feminist health movement that is embracing body literacy and redefining reproductive justice. The Business of Birth Control is primed to ignite the next women’s health revolution. It is sure to be required viewing for anyone with a uterus.

While this documentary film does not specifically talk about IUD’s, the patterns and history discussed are strikingly similar to that of Intra-Uterine Devices and Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs). They discuss Margaret Sangor’s founding of Planned Parenthood and their support of the development of the birth control pill. What they don’t mention in the film is a very similar involvement in the development of the first mass marketed IUDs. G.D. Searle, the company who developed one of the first pills also developed one of the first IUDs, the mysterious and seldom talked about Copper 7 which was removed from the market due to adverse effects and lawsuits. Learn more on the History Page.

Likewise, the stories of patients not being informed of possible serious and possibly life threatening adverse effects, doctors not being adequately educated to recognize early warning signs that the device is not working for their patient, a general trend of under-reporting of problems by manufacturers, etc… will all feel very familiar to anyone struggling with problems caused by their IUD. The makers of this film are starting with the pill, but their hope is to ignite a movement about birth control in general. Many of the contributors to the film have also already have written articles about the potential dangers of IUD use which referenced in many different areas of the IUD Awareness Website.

The producers of this film are also providing event and access to support and education from contributors to the film as well as a variety of other health and wellness practitioners.

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If you miss either of these screenings the please register on their website to be notified about future screenings and events as well as to stay informed about this movement towards safer contraception and informed consent in making our health decisions.

The producers of this film are also providing event and access to support and education from contributors to the film as well as a variety of other health and wellness practitioners.