Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is an Alabama-based company that makes birth control pills. In 2011, the company recalled eight of their oral contraceptive lines because they’d placed the pills in the packaging incorrectly. Now, women who became pregnant while taking the pills are suing for millions, demanding to be paid for both child-rearing costs and college expenses.
CNN reports that the pharmaceutical company (a subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals) recalled 3.2 million packs of birth control pills and told consumers that, while the packages were defective, they didn’t pose “immediate health risks.” At the time of the recall, women were asked to stop using the birth control, switch to barrier methods of protection, and speak to their doctors about the error.