PARAGARD IN THE NEWS

Investigation reveals FDA raised flags about continued Paragard IUD breaks in 2022

Spotlight on America
April 2, 2024

Broken birth control: Growing calls for research into popular IUD after 6,000+ breakage reports

Spotlight on America
September 29, 2023

Broken birth control: Growing calls for research into popular IUD after 6,000+ breakage reports

The National Desk
September 18, 2023

Eek! Why Are Our IUDs Falling Out?

July 27, 2022
CORA

Pregnancy With an IUD When You Are The One Percent Submit

July 27, 2022
Cora

Medicine & Misogyny

October 8, 2021
Art In America

As reports of IUD breakage piled up, maker changed label but many women still unaware

Spotlight on America
August 2, 2021

Patients are warned that IUDs can be ‘uncomfortable.’ But many say the pain is excruciating.

July 19, 2021
The Lily

Heavy Bleeding, Anxiety, and other Warning Signs Your IUD Is Not Good For You

May 29, 2021
Natural Womanhood

Women expose IUD side effects and health risks

May 25, 2021
Natural Womanhood

I Got an IUD. Why Didn’t Doctors Prepare Me for the Searing Pain?

April 7, 2021
Rewire News Group

Spotlight on America: Breaking IUD - Lawsuits

KBAK - KBFX - Bakersfield
March 23, 2021

Exclusive: 3,000+ women report a popular IUD broke in their body, causing complications

March 18th 2021
ABC News

Emergency Contraception Is Having Its Moment

February 1, 2021
Rewire News Group

The hidden danger of the copper IUD

December 1, 2020
SW Londoner

17 Things You Absolutely Should Know Before Getting the Paragard Copper IUD

July 17, 2020
SELF

Why the Copper IUD Is Not the Natural Birth Control You’ve Been Looking For

March 10, 2020
Natural Womanhood

Finally, a New Barrier Method Contraception Is on the Horizon

February 11, 2020
Rewire News Group

Planned Parenthood pushes unsafe contraceptive methods

July 31, 2019
Feminist Fallacy

Catholic Hospitals Can Deny Patients Contraception. This Is My Story.

May 24, 2019
Rewire News Group

Better birth control options already exist, but we’re not allowed to have them

September 13, 2018
The Outline

Why Does America Have Fewer Types of IUDs Than Other Countries?

April 18, 2017
The Atlantic

9 Women On What Getting An IUD Is Really Like

January 19, 2017
Refinery 29

How To Know If Your IUD Is Falling Out

September 2, 2016
SELF

The Truth About Doubling Up On Birth Control Pills To Avoid Getting Pregnant

June 22, 2016
SELF

When IUDs Go Terribly Wrong

May 31, 2016
VICE

“Pain on a Cosmic Level”

Nov 30, 2015
Slate

Should You Get an IUD?

February 15, 2015
Cosmopolitan

'What Do You Mean, It Jammed': A Harrowing Journey to IUD City

January 8, 2015
Jezebel

The Best Birth Control - Why more young women should start using IUDs

July 29, 2009
Slate

PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT PARAGARD

Investigation reveals FDA raised flags about continued Paragard IUD breaks in 2022

Spotlight on America
April 2, 2024

Broken birth control: Growing calls for research into popular IUD after 6,000+ breakage reports

Spotlight on America
September 29, 2023

Broken birth control: Growing calls for research into popular IUD after 6,000+ breakage reports

The National Desk
September 18, 2023

The IUD: Intrauterine Damage

IUD Damage
Dr. Gangemi

Eek! Why Are Our IUDs Falling Out?

July 27, 2022
CORA

Pregnancy With an IUD When You Are The One Percent Submit

July 27, 2022
Cora

IUD Birth Control & the Dangers to Women

July 19, 2022
Gentleman Style Podcast

Paragard IUD - Know the Risks by @Freebodyhealth

February 8, 2022
@Freebodyhealth

IUD Side Effects & How to Get Help If You Experience Them

February 7, 2022
Period Party Podcast

Medicine & Misogyny

October 8, 2021
Art In America

As reports of IUD breakage piled up, maker changed label but many women still unaware

Spotlight on America
August 2, 2021

Patients are warned that IUDs can be ‘uncomfortable.’ But many say the pain is excruciating.

July 19, 2021
The Lily

Heavy Bleeding, Anxiety, and other Warning Signs Your IUD Is Not Good For You

May 29, 2021
Natural Womanhood

Women expose IUD side effects and health risks

May 25, 2021
Natural Womanhood

I Got an IUD. Why Didn’t Doctors Prepare Me for the Searing Pain?

April 7, 2021
Rewire News Group

Spotlight on America: Breaking IUD - Lawsuits

KBAK - KBFX - Bakersfield
March 23, 2021

Recovering from the IUD Revisited

February 1, 2021
IUD Awareness Blog

Copper IUD Benefits & Side Effects

December 4, 2020
Fertility Friday Podcast

The hidden danger of the copper IUD

December 1, 2020
SW Londoner

Gaslighting Médico y el DIU de Cobre

October 1, 2020
el proyecto Esperanza

Gendered Medical Gaslighting and the Copper IUD

October 1, 2020
The Esperanza Project

Undisclosed yet common IUD side-effects

May 31, 2020
Rise Collective

Why the Copper IUD Is Not the Natural Birth Control You’ve Been Looking For

March 10, 2020
Natural Womanhood

Tales of Medical Gaslighting: Chronic Pain, Sexism, and More

November 8, 2019
Literary Hub

Florencia Kot Hansen: Reproductive Health Activism Across Language Barriers and National Borders

October 31, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

Blackfishing the IUD

2019
Caren Beilin

Paragard Don’t Get One: my copper IUD library

October 15, 2019
Full Stop

Blackfishing the IUD: Trailer

October 7, 2019
Blackfishing the IUD Podcast

My IUD Almost Killed Me

April 26, 2019
Mothering

When Bodies Talk - Cuando los cuerpos hablan

When Bodies Talk on YouTube
Documentary Film

MEDICAL STUDIES INVOLVING PARAGARD

May 1, 2018

Adolescents and Long-Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and Intrauterine Devices

May 1, 2018

Because adolescents are at higher risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), obstetrician–gynecologists should continue to follow standard guidelines for STI screening. They should advise adolescents who choose LARC methods to use male or female condoms consistently (dual method use) to decrease the risk of STIs, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Obstetrician–gynecologists should counsel all sexually active adolescents who do not seek pregnancy on the range of reversible contraceptive methods, including LARC, and should help make these contraceptives readily accessible to them.

May 1, 2018

August 16, 2017

Chronic Systemic Toxicity Study of Copper Intrauterine Devices in Female Wistar Rats

August 16, 2017

The aim of this study was to evaluate the chronic systemic and local toxicity of a copper intrauterine device in a rat model. These results obtained at different dosages and long-term implantation provide solid data confirming the safety of long-term use of Cu-IUDs. However, the elevated leucocyte levels found in this study warrant further investigation.

Includes lots of references to other studies.

August 16, 2017

January 1, 1979

Some adverse effects of copper-IUD

January 1, 1979

“Retracted and detached strings were observed somewhat more often in women wearing Cu-7-IUD's. The number of such cases was, however, not large enough to warrant a statistical comparison.”

January 1, 1979

November 1, 1978

Clinical Experience with the Copper 7 Intrauterine Device

November 1, 1978

“There was a decrease in contraceptive effectiveness after 12 more months' use.”

November 1, 1978

March 18, 1976

Copper-7 intrauterine device (Gravigard). Report of experience.

March 18, 1976

“Compared with oral contraceptives copper IUDs have less severe side effects but less safety at the same time-especially for the younger fertile age group. Therefore they should be offered to young nulliparous women only for a limited period of time.”

March 18, 1976