Families who say hormone pregnancy test drugs caused birth defects in their kids have been left “devastated” after a disability benefit report was put on ice.
Mums who took Primodos believe it caused abnormalities in babies including shortened limbs, heart defects, brain injuries and stillbirths.
Private firm Capita, working on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), signed off a document for use by disability support assessors which would have declared damage from hormone pregnancy tests (HPTs) as a “recognised condition” for PIP claims.
But the report has been put on hold, leading to fears the Government has U-turned on making it easier to get disability support.
Wilma Ord, 72, of Livingston, took Primodos in 1970 while pregnant.
Her daughter Kirsteen, now 49, was born profoundly deaf, severely asthmatic and with cerebral palsy.
Wilma said: “The fact the report has been delayed or may not even be published is devastating.”
A cross-party group of MPs has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey demanding answers over the decision.
The DWP said: “Available scientific evidence does not support a causal association between HPT and adverse outcomes of pregnancy.
"This does not prevent people from applying for health and disability benefits.”
