Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the major concerns prenatal medicine is facing. It’s a huge problem, which needs to be stop. The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome states "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the name given to a group of physical and mental birth defects that are the direct result of a woman's drinking during pregnancy". Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is the only disease that is one hundred percent preventable if the mother refrains from drinking while pregnant. Drinking liquor at all during pregnancy is not advisable. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a terms used to define a number of various physical and mental defects of a baby that is born from a woman who drinks alcohol during the period of her pregnancy. Many women who are
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It is during this time that the fetus is easily at risk of anything that the mother consumes or is exposed to. Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy run the risk of having various complications, alcohol will be distributed throughout both the mother and her unborn child, when she drinks, and even a small amount can alter the fetus’s development in the womb. Exposure to alcohol before the child is born can cause a variety of different problems. Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the most severe problem of drinking during pregnancy. If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy the baby can be born with FAS, which is a lifelong, physically and mentally disabling …show more content…
Other people do have no right to impose on their own judgment about what they think is best for them, that will be stripping her of her freedom to make her own choices and to control her own life. But if they are not making that responsible choice some type of intervention needs to be done. Women choosing to drink alcohol while pregnant are knowingly endangering their child by exposing them to harmful substances. According to O'Brien (2007). Until May of this year, the Department of Health advised pregnant women in England not to drink "more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week. Last year the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists concluded a comprehensive analysis with the view that "There is no evidence of harm from low levels of alcohol consumption, defined as no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice a week." In 2003, the Midwife Information and Resource Service updated their evidence based advice: "Women can be reassured that light infrequent drinking constitutes no risk to their baby." There are so many medical research that states, drinking at a low level can still cause damage to the growing
It is during this time that the fetus is easily at risk of anything that the mother consumes or is exposed to. Women who drink alcohol during pregnancy run the risk of having various complications, alcohol will be distributed throughout both the mother and her unborn child, when she drinks, and even a small amount can alter the fetus’s development in the womb. Exposure to alcohol before the child is born can cause a variety of different problems. Fetal alcohol syndrome is one of the most severe problem of drinking during pregnancy. If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy the baby can be born with FAS, which is a lifelong, physically and mentally disabling …show more content…
Other people do have no right to impose on their own judgment about what they think is best for them, that will be stripping her of her freedom to make her own choices and to control her own life. But if they are not making that responsible choice some type of intervention needs to be done. Women choosing to drink alcohol while pregnant are knowingly endangering their child by exposing them to harmful substances. According to O'Brien (2007). Until May of this year, the Department of Health advised pregnant women in England not to drink "more than one to two units of alcohol once or twice a week. Last year the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists concluded a comprehensive analysis with the view that "There is no evidence of harm from low levels of alcohol consumption, defined as no more than one or two units of alcohol once or twice a week." In 2003, the Midwife Information and Resource Service updated their evidence based advice: "Women can be reassured that light infrequent drinking constitutes no risk to their baby." There are so many medical research that states, drinking at a low level can still cause damage to the growing