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Page last updated at 07:47 GMT, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 08:47 UK

Sedation link to birth defects exposed

Hundreds of girls heavily sedated in UK care homes during the 1970s and 1980s may be at risk of having children with birth defects, the BBC has found. Reporter Angus Stickler explains the evidence he found from a group of former care home residents.

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