The Dalkon Shield Scandal. Works cited included.

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The Dalkon Shield Scandal <Tab/>The Dalkon Shield was a highly controversial Intrauterine Device (IUD) available in the early 1970's. IUD's have been used historically, but the first modern device, a Polish model, did not appear until 1909 (Perry 9). The devices were not available for American use until the 1960's. They were made of plastic with a multi-purposed tail attached. The tail assured the wearer than the device was in place as …

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…Mintz, Morton. At Any Cost: Corporate Greed, Women and the Dalkon Shield. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. Perry, Susan and Jim Dawson. Nightmare: Women and the Dalkon Shield. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company 1985. Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Dalkon Shield. Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikiped ia.org/wiki/Dalkon_Shield, 2005. University of Virginia Libraries. Dalkon Shield Press Release. Library of the Law, http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/lawweb2.nsf/0/b4665ba4d2aa652d85256ae900547f98?OpenDocument, 2005.