Should pregnant women be prevented legally from drinking any alcohol or smoking when pregnant? Why or Why not?
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1) People have the right to do what they wish they are pregnant, including aborting their fetus before viability. Restricting the right for a woman to partake in a legal activity that has some putatively negative impact on the fetus undermines the supremacy of her rights over the rights of the fetus, and thus undermining the right to have an abortion. Any such legislation would be very harmful to women's reproductive rights.
2) As far as alcohol goes, a few drinks a week after the first trimester is not going to harm a fetus one bit. I'm an OB/GYN and I can tell you without question the recommendation to avoid all alcohol intake made unencumbered by any evidence. Large quantities of alcohol consumption in the first trimester is associated with fetal alcohol syndrome. Moderate alcohol intake in the second and third trimester does not cause FAS.
3) Pregnant women can lose their fetuses if they are in a car accident. Should they not be allowed to drive?
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Of course the big issue here is that a baby is involved, but I see it as still being their child, their family. Are we going to tell mothers that they can't smoke or drink until their children are moved out of the home? Secondhand smoke is just as bad, if not worse than first hand smoke.
Also, and I know not many people may agree with this, but I see it as a bit of Darwinism. If a mother is not smart enough to avoid smoking, drinking, and other things that would endanger their child, maybe it's not such a bad thing that their part of the gene pool doesn't continue. Again, that's a very "Modest Proposal"-esque view, but it is not the government's job to hold the hands of its citizens and guide their lives. Legislation like this (and legislation in the same vein that is currently in place) is, in my opinion, frivolous and a giant waste of our government's resources that could be spent solving real problems.
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M$It would be a loss of liberty for pregnant women and women in general, which is simply outrageous and would make the feminist go crazy (and all the pregnant smokers).
This idea is a bit extreme, and if you would do this, I would also recommend not allowing unhealthy foods (fast foods, greasy foods etc...).
All in all this idea would take away a pregnant women's liberty of taking care of herself like she wants to.
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