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Safe Enough  by Dan Walter
How direct-to-consumer advertising, corporate malfeasance, and conflicts of interest at the FDA have given rise to a false sense of security for women who use some forms of hormonal birth control.
Read the article HERE

“By the time you receive this note I will have joined Erika,” a letter obtained by the Durango Herald reads. “I consider it an honor to give my life to help save the lives of others.”- Karen Langhart

True Stories About Real Women

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Why Is Potentially Lethal Contraceptive NuvaRing Still on the Market? - Vanity Fair Dec 9, 2013

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The Doctors Show - Parents of Brittany Malone warn of the deadly side effects of the NuvaRing

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NuvaRing investigation: Could the side effects include death?

Langhart Family Rejects Settlement -
KRQE
News February 9th, 2014
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Report about the NuvaRing
Click HERE to see the CNN report that 
aired on April 06, 2015
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Huffington Post Live - NuvaRing: Side Effects May Include Death

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CBS HEALTH WATCH  -
Birth Control & Blood Clots; some contraception products are safer than others.

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Malone Family blames NuvaRing in death of daughter - KTVU Channel 2 March 10, 2014

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Blood Clots, Birth Control and Female Athletes: Are We Missing Important Risk Factors?
Feb 23, 2016 by Chandler Marrs, PhD

Over the last several years, stories of young women, many
of them athletes, suffering from dangerous and sometimes deadly blood clots have filled the press and academic literature. READ the ARTICLE HERE



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