Washington, DC (16 February 2010) – Over 50 women in Indiana are filing lawsuits against Bayer Pharmaceuticals charging that use of the company’s Yaz and Yasmin hormonal birth control pills caused conditions ranging from gallbladder-related injuries to strokes. It is estimated over 25,000 lawsuits could be filed across the United States.
“We’re seeing an increasing awareness of the very real health risks associated with hormonal birth control,” said Marie Hahnenberg, project director of American Life League’s The Pill Kills project. “For years, criticism of birth control has been a sacrosanct topic, but the victims of hormonal birth control are too numerous to ignore any longer.”
American Life League’ s annual Protest the Pill Day on June 5 seeks to educate women on the dangers of hormonal birth control – a class one carcinogen on the same level as tobacco – through protests and activism at birth control retailers nationwide.
“The birth control pill, patch, IUD, and similar birth control products can cause blood clots, heart attacks and pulmonary embolisms,” Hahnenberg said. “How many lawsuits, injuries and even deaths could be prevented if only women were properly warned, or better yet, if these dangerous drugs were taken off the market?”
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- American Life League: The Pill Kills http://thepillkills.org/
- Attorney at Law.com: Yaz Injury Lawsuits Could Top 25,000 Cases (11 January 2010) http://www.attorneyatlaw.com/2010/01/yaz-injury-lawsuits-could-top-25000-cases/
- The Indy Channel : More Than 50 Hoosiers Involved In Birth Control Lawsuits (09 February 2010) http://www.theindychannel.com/health/22505260/detail.html
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