[oprahstheantichrist]

" born without limbs because her mother took the drug thalidomide during pregnancy."

Not that it means anything, but hadn't thalidomide already been banned by the 1960's?

[Cagey]

but hadn't thalidomide already been banned by the 1960's..

I think it was not banned until the early 1960's.

[Bob]

According to this link:

Thalidomide Info

the ban was being put into effect in various countries in the 1961-62 time frame. Different countries banned it at different times. It appears that Great Britain banned it sometime in 1962 but I didn't see an exact date given.