Australia to apologise half a century after ‘Thalidomide tragedy’
AUSTRALIA will issue a national apology to all citizens affected by the "Thalidomide tragedy", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, more than half a century after babies were born with birth defects when mothers took the morning sickness pill. Thalidomide was the active ingredient in a sedative widely distributed to many mothers in Australia and around the world in the early 1960s. It was found to cause malformation of limbs, facial features and internal organs in unborn children. "The thalidomide tragedy is a dark chapter in the history of our nation and the world," Albanese said in a statement. "The survivors,…
