In the 1980s the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device (IUD) caused infections and in some cases sterility among New Zealand women. Many sought compensation. This cartoon, published in the feminist magazine Broadsheetin 1986,questions the motives of the manufacturers of the Dalkon Shield in paying compensation to affected women. Listen to a radio news report about the compensation settlement.
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Reference: 2737
Cartoon: Broadsheet, March 1986, p. 15, Dame Margaret Sparrow Collection, by Helen Courtney
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