Activists Accuse Labour of Ignoring Parents of Children Affected by Controversial Pregnancy Drug

Activists demanding justice regarding a contentious issue pregnancy test Some people have blamed Labour for overlooking families who think their kids were impacted.

Many women given Primodos attribute it and comparable medications for inducing anomalies in infants.

In 2023, activists suffered defeat in a High Court battle seeking compensation, which could leave the claimants responsible for potential costs.

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Wilma Ord , aged 77, from Livingston, ingested the medication in 1970. His daughter Kirsteen, who is 54 years old, suffers from deafness, severe asthma, and cerebral palsy.

She stated: "My previous Member of Parliament was SNP member Hannah Bardell, who made an effort to listen and do all she could. However, it seems as though every action taken has been reversed."

The Labour government hasn't done anything for us. They refuse to examine new evidence, and they simply won't hear our concerns.

Marie Lyon , from the Association for Children Harmed by Hormone Pregnancy Tests, participated Primodos in the early stages of her pregnancy with daughter Sarah and has been fighting for justice ever since.

She stated, "I echo Wilma's disappointment with what seems to be an inadequate level of backing from the Labour government." The Labour Member of Parliament for Livingston, Gregor Poynton, has had a meeting with Wilma and is now part of the campaign’s All-Party Parliamentary Group of Members of Parliament.

Primodos was removed from the market in 1978. At that time, approximately 1.5 million women had used it.

Manufacturer Schering, which is now part of Bayer, has refuted any connection.

An independent review conducted in 2020 discovered that healthcare regulators did not adequately protect patients, with Primodos linked to "preventable damage".

Bayer stated: "Bayer holds the view that no substantial new scientific information has emerged challenging the credibility of the earlier findings."

evaluation of the absence of a connection between the usage of Primodos and the presence of such birth defects.

The Department of Health stated: "Last year, the Commission on Human Medicines determined that they found no new evidence supporting the assertion that employing hormone testing led to negative consequences."

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