Effect of Removing Financial Barriers on Use Of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptives.

Long-lasting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are easy to use and effective. One reason the U.S. lags behind other developed countries in LARC use is that memories of the Dalkon Shield still linger from the 1970s, when a design defect in that IUD resulted in infections that led to infertility, ectopic pregnancies, and death.