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Throughout modern history, women have suffered disproportionately from the effects of dangerous and defective drugs and medical devices. Corporations have consistently rushed products to market with little safety study, or worse, concealed known issues for the sake of profits. Even when the dangers become public knowledge, companies frequently continue to market them and play down the problems, anticipating that any repercussions will be more than justified by a continuing stream of profits.

More than 230,000 women suffered pelvic infections, miscarriages, stillbirths, infertility, and even death due to the Dalkon Shield. Studies found that women have a 29 percent higher risk of metal-on-metal hip implant failure than men. By 2011, the FDA knew of at least 2,874 adverse events caused by surgical mesh implants and warned doctors that complications were “not rare.”

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