Thalidomide from being offered in the US. The numbers of families affected would have been astronomical. Dr Kelsey stood her ground against huge pressure for drug company profits.

My father met extensively with European families in the 60's who had babies born with deformities, advocating for them to be accepted by the families and the community -mainstreamed instead of institutionalized.

Father was himself born without arms - on a farm in Missouri - due to something gestational (poultry virus?) similar to Thalidomide. Luckily his parents expected him to carry his weight for chores around the farm. He grew up feeling he should be able to try to do any of the things others took for granted - go to school, write, drive, go to college, fall in love...

The inequality of the wealth of the world always falls hardest on the poor and disabled. It shouldn't be that way, at least for health care!

Thanks Dipsydoodle, for the thread.