Thalidomide was a popular medication used by many pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s as a sedative. As stated by the Canadian Association of Thalidomide Victims (2014), “The German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal created thalidomide to reduce symptoms in pregnant patients suffering from morning sickness. » “After the women taking thalidomide gave birth, it was evident that there were very serious and visible abnormalities. These birth defects have seriously changed the lives of children with underdeveloped and/or missing limbs, called phocomelia or “pimples”” (Kim, JH, Scialli, AR, 2011) “Phocomelia is known as a serious illness. shortening of the limbs where the long bones are shorter than normal and more proximal elements are lost, so that in extreme cases the hand or fingers are attached directly to the shoulder” (Tabin, 2004). Thalidomide was quickly withdrawn from the public, leaving families with lives much different than expected. The Canadian Thalidomide Victims Association stated (2014) that "at first it was not known if thalidomide could even travel around the world »....