Finkbime, not her real name, the story was about a choice that her family was facing. She was pregnant. Her husband had recently travelled to europe where he acquired a drug called thalidimide. It had not been approved for use yet in the United States of america but it was available in many European Countries to treat a number of Different Things, anxiety, insomnia and nausea. Nausea here is key. So, women began taking it to aleve morning sickness. Sherrys husband had been in europe, he acquired these pills and brought them back home for her. Shes pregnant, she takes about 40 of them during early on in her pregnancy. She and her husband did not know that thalidomide causes birth defects. Then she read an article about the drug, found out more, and she called her doctor. She started to learn more about what thalidomide can do. For developing babies, children, thalidomide caused brain damage, damage to the eyes, nose, ears, face and it can also severely damaged growth of limbs. In many c
She was pregnant. Approximate her husband had recently traveled to europe where he acquired a drug. It had not been approved yet for use in the United States of america but it was available many european countries. It was used to treat a number of Different Things. Women began taking it to aleave morning sickness and her husband had been in europe. He had acquired some of these pills and brought it back home for her and she takes about 40 of them early on in her pregnancy. They did not know that it causes birth defects. She read an article about the drug, she found out a little bit more and she called her doctor. She started to learn more about what the medicine can do. For children, it can cause brain damage, damage the eyes, nose, ears, face, damage the growth of limbs. And many cases, the children who had been affected by it did not survive at all. In england about half of the babies died within a few months. Somewhere around 10,000 of these children were born. Most in western europ
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Part in a conversation on bipartisanship, politics and public part to see. Wake Forest University and wins them sale and North Carolina is the host of this event. Good evening and welcome to all of you and welcome to senators burr and senator warner. Senators, both of you have had very long careers in Public Service. I know that you were in the house in 1994 and senator warner, 1989 worked with doug wild or before becoming governor yourself of virginia. What inspired your career in Public Service . What would you say to young people today who would like to pursue a career in Public Service . laughs i like to think that i was i actually am a little bit older than richard laughs he colors his hair. Not anymore. At least i have here i like to think i was old enough to get touched by the idealism of the sixties, not old enough to be jaded by it. I have grown up in the midwest in indiana, illinois, connecticut and worked for the same company for 35 years. And i was the first my family to gr
Next, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair richard burr and vice chair mark warner take part in a conversation on bipartisanship, politics and public part to see. Wake Forest University and wins them sale and North Carolina is the host of this event. Good evening and welcome to all of you and welcome to senators burr and senator warner. Senators, both of you have had very long careers in Public Service. I know that you were in the house in 1994 and senator warner, 1989 worked with doug wild or before becoming governor yourself of virginia. What inspired your career in Public Service . What would you say to young people today who would like to pursue a career in Public Service . laughs i like to think that i was i actually am a little bit older than richard laughs he colors his hair. Not anymore. At least i have here i like to think i was old enough to get touched by the idealism of the sixties, not old enough to be jaded by it. I have grown up in the midwest in indiana, illinois, connec