Exclusive: 3,000+ women report a popular IUD broke in their body, causing complications

by JOCE STERMAN, ALEX BRAUER and ANDREA NEJMAN

Thu, March 18th 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

Anna Speaks says when she removed her IUD, she immediately realized that a piece was missing (Photo: Anna Speaks)

An X-Ray image shows a broken piece of the Paragard IUD in Anna Speaks' uterus (Photo: Anna Speaks)

The prescribing information for Paragard notes that because reactions like breakage are reported voluntarily, it is not always possible to determine how often they happen (Photo: SBG)

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Anna Speaks says when she removed her IUD, she immediately realized that a piece was missing (Photo: Anna Speaks)

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