Glenda A. Miller visited the Family Planning Clinic in Mobile, Alabama in June, 1972, to obtain a contraceptive device. The Mobile County Board of Health established the Family Planning Clinic on July 28, 1970. On the advice of the clinic, Mrs. Miller chose an intrauterine device (IUD). The Planning Clinic did not inform Mrs. Miller of the possible side effects or dangers of using an IUD. The Planning Clinic did not give Mrs. Miller a choice of which IUD to use, but instead fitted her with a Dalkon Shield IUD manufactured by A.H. Robins Company.
