Contraceptive trials performed on Mexican-American women in the Southwest.
Date: 1971
Led by Dr. Joseph Goldzieher of the Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, Syntex Labs, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) test for symptoms of "nervousness and depression" on a group composed of at least 80% Mexican-American women.
The women are not informed that they are part of an experiment, nor that they may be receiving a placebo (a fake pill without contraceptive effects) for birth control. Seven women became pregnant and are forced to carry to term because of Texas' anti-abortion laws.