Continuing part two of two conversations with Maureen Seiger and her daughter, Michaelina Argy, Maureen shares more of the story of her journey with the deep pain of guilt around her daughter’s thalidomide birth defects and deformities, her husband kidnapping her children, surviving the mental breakdown and hospital to eventually reconnect with her three children years later. Mikey Argy shares her experience sitting in Parliament to hear the announcement and apology from the British Government recognizing thalidomide survivors, finally getting the recognition she and others deserved. Hear the rest of the story…
Born with deformed arms as a result of her mother using thalidomide, taken on prescription to aid sleep, Michaelina “Mikey” Argy survived her mother’s attempts to get an abortion, her deformities and disabilities, to marry and raise children of her own, take on the German and British governments and Grünenthal, an international pharmaceutical company, testify before parliament to win financial support for thalidomide survivors, and win the Outsider’s Erotic Award for her strong voice and courage to defend the rights of thalidomide survivors.Her struggle and recognition for her achievements isn’t over. As chair member of the National Advisory Council for The Thalidomide Trust, Argy recently won a battle on behalf of thalidomide survivors in England in 2009, receiving a long awaited apology to thalidomide survivors and settlement from the British Government: Hear the rest of the story…
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Born with deformed arms as a result of her mother using 
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