Keira Bell and the history of women’s rights, healthcare and the law In 1976 Loretta Ross sued and won a case against A. H. Robbins, the manufacturer of the contraceptive Dalkon Shield. The intrauterine device, known by the US Centers for Disease Control since 1973 to cause higher rates of complications, had cost Ross her … Continue reading Keira Bell v Tavistock: Women’s Rights, Healthcare, and the Law