A. H. Robins Must Compensate Women Injured by the Dalkon Shield
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Medicine, Health, Economics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Business, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, Abortion
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History
- Geographical Location: Virginia
- Date: December 11, 1987
Article abstract: A federal judge’s ruling in a bankruptcy case required the A. H. Robins Company to compensate 200,000 women harmed by the Dalkon Shield contraceptive intrauterine device.
Summary of Event
In the 1970’s, the prestigious pharmaceutical firm A. H. Robins Company distributed a contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) called the Dalkon Shield. Promotional materials described it as a superior IUD with a high birth control effectiveness rate. Amid controversy over the safety of birth control pills, the Dalkon Shield was marketed as a safe...
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