1000 Claimants and Counting
No Room for Contraception (NRFC) is a Catholic effort to expose the potential harms that contraception, birth control and sterilization bring to marriage and society. The views expressed are solely that of NRFC.
According to Johnson & Johnson's third quarter SEC filing for 2006 , there are over "1,000 claimants who have filed lawsuits or have made claims regarding injuries allegedly due to Ortho Evra." Not only is it a contraceptive it can act as an abortifacient by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg. Serious health problems have been associated with Ortho Evra including fatal and non-fatal blood clots, strokes, heart attacks, and death. From April 2002 to December 2004, over 27,974 adverse effects were reported by users of Ortho Evra. Many of the complaints are serious, and the patch is alleged to be responsible for over 23 deaths, including the death of 14 year old Alycia Brown.
