Scientists generally agree that the contraceptive jellies now on the market do not cause birth defects.

Subsequently, she becomes allergic to the contraceptive jelly she uses with her diaphragm.

The diaphragm was used with spermicidal jelly, and the League needed to determine which contraceptive jellies, among the many advertised, were effective.

On the bathroom counter, next to the sink, is the perfect round outline in jelly, contraceptive jelly and mucus, of where somebody set her diaphragm.

It describes various contraceptive pessaries, including acacia gum, which recent research has confirmed to have spermatocidal qualities and is still used in contraceptive jellies.

Condoms are already lubricated, but if additional lubrication is desired, it is essential to use only a water-based lubricant like saliva, K-Y Jelly or contraceptive jelly or cream.

Ortho Pharmaceutical was initially formed in the United States in 1931 as a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson to market the first prescription spermicidal contraceptive jelly, Ortho-Gynol.

In another recent case, however, Wells v. Ortho, Judge Marvin Shoob of the United States District Court in Atlanta decided that a contraceptive jelly was responsible for a child's birth defects.

Even F.D.A. approval was not sufficient defense against liability: in 1985 a Federal judge awarded a Georgia woman $5,151,030, finding that her child's birth defects were caused by her use of the popular contraceptive jelly Ortho-Gynol, made by Ortho Pharmaceutical.