. >> reporter: it is the last place amy reed, a successful boston annas thesologist and mother of sixected to be, in a hospital ward as a cancer patient. accompanied by her husband, a boston heart surgeon. what the couple discovered is that during amy's surgery, in a minimally invasive hysterectomy the surgeons used a morse illator to mince the f.b.i. roids into pieces. the procedure, she says, spread the hidden cancer cells. >> you can see tissue, chunks, dripping down. it's not a refined procedure. >> reporter: amy says he was never informed or consulted about the use of morcellation, had she known, she wouldn't have allowed it. >> i did not know initially, it's not something they tell you when they say your surgery went well. they didn't say your surgery went well and we shredded things up. i learnt they were morcellated, and the chance of occurs meaning the disease coming back was in the ballpark of 80% because of how they handled the consumer in front of me. >> 80%. >> 8-0. if it came back i knew i had life expectation si of two years. >> my wife was hit in a way as a surgeon, i

amy reed from boston has only gotten sicker since her hysterectomy last year. doctors cleared her for cancer before the procedure. then after they found a rare form of cancer. she blames this device called a power morsulator and wants the tools banned. >> at no point in time did anyone ever say well you know because you had it morselated that worsens your prognosis, that something we discovered on our own. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating the surgical device. it's used on millions of women for uterine procedures. most often a hysterectomy. it breaks up fibroids. one in up to 350 cases where there's a hidden cancer, the blades spray the cancer cells causing them to spread. >> the fda has no idea how many women had cancer spread by being treated with this device. but the idea that anyone was harmed is very concerning. >> reporter: johnson & johnson is the largest manufacturer of the product. the company voluntarily pulled the device last year. but the fbi wants to know exactly what they knew about the risks and for how long. other brands remain on the market

amy reed and her husband say happened in her case. >> if you disrupt the mass it's like a bee's hive. if you start chopping it up the beeps spill all over the place and you're in trouble. >> reporter: we reached out to johnson & johnson, who told us they have not been contacted by the fbi, adding so far, they are the only manufacturer to have pulled the device. others do remain on the market with that fda blackbox warning. david? >> mara thank you. >>> now, to the race for 2016. tonight, an abc news exclusive here. a familiar face joining the republican field. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum telling our george stephanopoulos that he's in. the republican runner-up last time, tonight, waking in now on a possible faceoff with hillary clinton. >> right now, make the 30-second case for why you're the best person to take hillary clinton on in 2016. >> well number one, national security is key. the ability to go up there and debate hillary clinton with the track record not going into a debate with your experience as a briefing book but real experience is important. number two, we'v

amy reed, a doctor from buck county fought to ban them, in 2013 while living in boston reed underwent a hysterectomy and was tested for cancer and then tested after. it made her prognosis much worse. >> i am angry this tool was on the market for 20 years and the fda did not look for issues with this. it was thought this risk was extremely rare but now the fda estimates that up to 1 in 350 cases the cancer is hidden in the fibroid. the agency issued its strongest warning in november saying it should not be used on most women, the fbi is looking into johnson & johnson. one of the main manufactures of the device the company was alerted of the risk first in 2006 and voluntarily pulled it off the market july of last year amy's husband a heart surgeon blames corporate greed. >> it's well marketed and money is flowing and there is no one to stop and say wait a minute what about the being harmed by this. >> reed went through cancer treatment and she wants change on how all medical devices are checked for safety. >> it's not good enough to check the majority. >> most hospitals are not using th

amy reed who under went the proseizure and had cancer spread throughout her abdomen.ur time. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you about your health how are you now? >> i'm doing well today, thank you. take it day by day. >> like so many other women, taking it day by day. i have to tell you, when i saw this headline and read the article in the wall street journal, i could not believe what i was reading. this is part of the investigation. talk me through what happened to you and why you believe it's linked to this medical device. >> sure. certainly. so i underwent a hysterectomy in 2013 for what i was told was a normal fibroid. i was having issues went to my gynecologist, had a work up mri, biopsies and said this is normal. this is what happens with fibroids. if you want to get over this you need to have surgery. so i went and talked to the surgeon. they said we will do this laparo laparoskopicily. you will be home in no time and feel fantastic. i underwent the surgery in 2013. eight days later, i got a phone call. you have cancer. you have sarcoma. i said what

amy reed and her husband say happened in her case. >> disrupt the mass. it's like a bee's hive.es civil all over the place. >> we reached out to johnson & johnson. they have not been contacted by the fbi they say adding so far, they're the only manufacturer to pull the device from the market. mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >> some alarming new numbers about increasing rates of sexually transmitted diseases as health officials really worried about now. they say the use of social media to arrange casual and anonymous sexual encounters could be the cause of a drastic rise in these stds. these numbers are only from one state, rhode island, but still they have seen hiv rates rise 33% over the past two years. gonorrhea cases up 38%, syphilis up 679% all evidence of a shifting attitude about casual sex. >> sick with those emojis maybe. >> just saying. >> newly discovered in apple's software can cause iphones to shut down when they receive certain text messages a message with a specific string of characters can cause the phones to crash. to make matters worse, some pranksters figu

amy reed and her husband said she was checked for cancer before a hysterectomy.nson & johnson was first alerted in 2006 and voluntarily pulled the device last july due to the continued uncertainty. adding to date we're the only manufacturer to proactively take this action. >> they were contacted seven years ago. why didn't this happen then? why didn't they speak up then? >> reporter: in november the fda issuing a plaque box warning, its strongest caution, on the device. for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo schiavocampo and, new york. >>> a police dash cam rolling in wisconsin when a sheriff's deputy rushed to this burning car. the driver was consideration but refused to get out. the deputy grabbed him by the belt dragging him to safety. the man is charged with drunk driving. >>> and finally, for the first time in 40 years, the golden state warriors are headed to the nba finals. yes, robin is -- whoo. >> what a matchup. >> league mvp steph curry brought his daughter on to the court to join the celebration. once again stealing the show. later in the interv