Why would you risk it? You're talking about risking lifelong diminished brain function (and more) in an innocent human being just because you can't resist gett

Why would you risk it? You're talking about risking lifelong diminished brain function (and more) in an innocent human being just because you can't resist getting high off drugs (which is exactly what drinking is) for 9 months. We know at the micro level that alcohol is damaging to fetuses. The failure of survey studies to find that effect across a population for very moderate amounts of alcohol could speak more to the limitations of those kinds of studies than to the lack of risk. Like a lot of things involving pregnancy, we don't know and we encourage people to err on the side of caution because the person who stands to suffer greatly is someone else, someone else who can't stand up for themselves. I don't buy the guilt and stress argument. Parenthood is a very serious responsibility that requires making tough choices. Abstaining from toxins that could be damaging to the child during pregnancy is just one of the first. Women are fully capable of accepting this responsibility. To claim otherwise is to not treat them as fully responsible adults.