{"id":235130,"date":"2025-04-14T21:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-banned-1950s-pregnancy-wonder-drug-is-still-doing-huge-damage-in-2025-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T21:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:04:50","slug":"how-a-banned-1950s-pregnancy-wonder-drug-is-still-doing-huge-damage-in-2025-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-a-banned-1950s-pregnancy-wonder-drug-is-still-doing-huge-damage-in-2025-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How a banned 1950s pregnancy &#8216;wonder&#8217; drug is still doing huge damage in 2025 | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KFmnUtToVJc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How a banned 1950s pregnancy 'wonder' drug is still doing huge damage in 2025 | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFmnUtToVJc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It was a wonder drug given to pregnant women on the NHS for nearly four decades, until it was banned in the 1970s for causing irreversible harm to their unborn children.<\/p>\n<p>Yet that devastating damage has continued to pass through the generations. 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