1.   Severe penalties were introduced for abortions and the sale of contraceptive devices.

2.   That was followed by an unnecessary operation to remove her appendix and the eventual discovery of a contraceptive device left inside her body by mistake.

3.   And some public health officials are wondering why the state Health Department has yet to issue a public notice about the defect-prone contraceptive devices.

4.   A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended against agency approval of a new contraceptive device made by the private company Yama Inc.

5.   But according to Detroyer, the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates contraceptive devices, has cancelled two scheduled plant inspections necessary for final approval.

6.   Family planning experts believe that greater sex education and availability of contraceptive devices has helped keep the number of abortions in Western Europe down.

7.   In their first medical examinations, teen-age girls are fitted with an obligatory intrauterine contraceptive device.

8.   Makers of implanted contraceptive devices are finding ways to make the process easier as well.

9.   Now a mass-tort specialist, he also has represented women with breast implants and users of the Dalkon Shield contraceptive device.