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Contraception
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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Yaz Litigation
By joetort
The FDA recently sent a warning letter to Bayer, which manufacturers Yaz and Yasmin (both types of birth control pills), that it has quality control problems at its German plant.…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Befort and Borer on Equitable Prescription Drug Coverage
Steve Befort (Minnesota) and Elizabeth Canney Borer (former UM student) have posted on SSRN their piece in the Louisiana Law Review entitled: "Equitable Prescription Drug Coverage: Preventing Sex Discrimination in…
New Jersey Law Blog
Court Denies Motion By Defendants to Dismiss NuvaRing® Complaints
The Court recently denied a motion by Defendants to dismiss the Master Consolidated Complaint in the MDL. On August 17, 2009, Defendants filed a motion for certification of an interlocutory…
Labor Law Prof Blog
EEOC Seeks Conciliation with Belmont Abbey over Denial of Oral Contraceptive Coverage and Retaliation
According to the Gaston (North Carolina) Gazette, the EEOC has issued a letter to Belmont Abbey, making a determination that the Catholic college discriminated against women by removing coverage for…
Mass Torts Law Blog
NuvaRing® Plaintiffs File Master Consolidated Complaint
NuvaRing®, the once-a-month combined contraceptive vaginal ring which is supposed to provide month-long birth control, is currently involved in a Multi-District Litigation ("MDL") in the United States District Court for…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
“Forgettable Contraception” Can Help Overcome Human Fallibility
Contraception: Forgettable Contraception, by David Grimes:The term “forgettable contraception” has received less attention in family planning than has “long-acting reversible contraception.” Defined here as a method requiring attention no more…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Shows Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use Has Higher Failure Rate
Guttmacher Institute news release: Adolescent Women's Contraceptive Use is Less Consistent than that of Adult Women, With a Much Higher Failure Rate: New Analysis Compares Evidence from More Than 40 CountriesA new…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Update on NuvaRing® Litigation Status
NuvaRing® is marketed as a once-a-month, combined contraceptive vaginal ring that provides month-long birth control. It is sold in the United States by Organon USA Inc., a New Jersey corporation…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Withdrawal Method Re-Examined
NY Times: Withdrawal Method Finds Ally, by Pam Belluck:Which birth-control method is more effective: condoms or withdrawal? For sex educators and others, the answer is glaringly obvious. Withdrawal before ejaculation, the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ad For Morning After Pill Does Not Violate Code
Despite its cartoon style, an ad for Levonelle One Step, a "morning after" pill does not make light of contraception, says the Advertising Standards Authority, and may continue to air…