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Manufacturer Pays $68 Million for Birth Control Patch Injuries and Deaths

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of the Ortho Evra birth control patch, has quietly paid out at least $68.7 million to settle hundreds of lawsuits filed by women who suffered blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, and even death after using the patch.

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Pregnancy Pact Shocks the Nation

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Writer (June 20, 2008) Glamorizing teen pregnancy in hit movies such as Juno and Knocked Up, broken families and directionless youth are being blamed for a “pregnancy pact” made by 17 girls who deliberately became pregnant at a high school in a Gloucester, Massachusetts. At least one baby is known to have been fathered by a 24 year old homeless man.

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