Thalidomide compensation

Thalidomide compensation

On December 1, in a stunning display of solidarity, federal members of parliament voted unanimously in favour of compensating survivors of thalidomide. The medication had been given to pregnant women in the 1960s to treat severe nausea. Thalidomide was later found to cause birth defects such as stunted limbs to the children of the women who had consumed the drug.
Geneviève Rail’s research specializes in Canadian health care issues affecting women.

Geneviève Rail, principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute
514-848-2424 ext. 2372
Gen.rail@concordia.ca
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