Those who would do so should review the history of the sedative drug thalidomide.

Such byproducts are now thought to have caused the widespread birth defects associated with the drug thalidomide.

In the 1960s, many pregnant women taking the anti-nausea drug thalidomide gave birth to infants with limb deformities.

Canada became the last country to ban the birth-defect-causing drug thalidomide.

The drug thalidomide was taken by pregnant women in Europe to alleviate sickness, but it was later found to cause severe birth defects.

In 1960, hundreds of European babies were born deformed because their mothers had taken the sedative drug thalidomide.

This would include, for example, HIV and the drug thalidomide.

And for that I can thank the drug thalidomide, which became synonymous with birth defects in the 1960's.

The birth defects caused by the drug thalidomide can range from moderate malformation to more severe forms.

His mother had been taking the drug thalidomide during the pregnancy and this resulted in Thomas being born with physical handicaps.