Women warned to remove shield
PA Wellington A national campaign for removing the Daikon Shield intra-uterine contraceptive device is expected to be launched in July. A series of newspaper, magazine, and television advertisements would urge any women who might have a Daikon Shield in place to have it removed immediately, said the Minister of Health, Dr Bassett, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Mrs Hercus and the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Mrs Shields, yesterday.
If a woman was still wearing an I.U.D. fitted in the 1970 s she would be able to have a medical check paid for by A. H. Robins, the company which made the shield, said the Ministers. The Daikon Shield was marketed in New Zealand between 1970 and 1975, although some may have been fitted more recently. It was withdrawn from the market in the United States and later in New Zealand because of substantial medical evidence that it presented a health hazard to the women who used it.
“Among its effects have been pelvic inflammatory disease, septic abortion, and infertility,” the Ministers said. “We are deeply concerned that there may be women in New Zealand who still have a Daikon Shield in place.”
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