Where To Stream Australian Story Season 24 Episode 4
A Bitter Pill
- Aired March 11, 2019
- 30 Min
Introduced by Norman Swan, ABC Radio National Health Report It's widely accepted nowadays that pregnant women shouldn't take any medication unless it's absolutely necessary. But in the early 1960's that wasn't the case. Reassured by their doctors, thousands of women around the world took the drug thalidomide as a treatment for morning sickness, only to be faced with babies born with catastrophic disabilities. Born in March 1963, Lisa McManus is one of Australia's youngest survivors. She's...