For what activity was Andrew Wakefield stripped of his medical license?
A) Falsifying research data suggesting that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
B) Plagiarizing the work of Piaget and suggesting that it was a new theory of cognitive development.
C) Developing the medication thalidomide to help pregnant women, only to later find out that it caused terrible birth defects.
D) Telling women in China that they were pregnant with daughters so that they would opt for abortions, even when they were having sons.

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Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license due to falsifying research data that suggested a link between the MMR vaccine and autism, which has been widely discredited and caused significant public health harm.

For What Activity Was Andrew Wakefield Stripped of His Medical