SEASON 01 // EPISODE 06

THE CONTRACEPTIVE

Dalkon Shield / Nelson Pill Hearings

A pharmaceutical company looks the other way as its promising new birth control product, the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device (IUD), endangers the lives of more than 2 million women around the world.

Prelude: A pill scare sweeps the nation as a result of the Nelson Pill Hearings.

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