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To: Gabz
"Taking precautions is the best way to go.............however, the scare tactics of these types of stories probably do more harm than they do good. The stress caused by the worry over any possible harm done by the few drinks prior to knowing one is pregnant most likely causes more harm than the alcohol itself."

You're absolutely right. When I start seeing a comparable number of articles warning potential young mothers and fathers of the dangers of other, more addictive drungs on their babies, these legalese, feel-ggod scare stories might have a bit more credence.

It's more than a little intellectually insulting listening to zealots wandering around warning women of all the horrors alcohol usage will cause to their unborn babies, while handing them a business card for an abortion clinic and a free needle so they don't get AIDS while shooting up

21 posted on 10/18/2004 1:47:49 PM PDT by cake_crumb (UN Resolutions=Very Expensive, Very SCRATCHY Toilet Paper)
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To: cake_crumb
It's more than a little intellectually insulting listening to zealots wandering around warning women of all the horrors alcohol usage will cause to their unborn babies, while handing them a business card for an abortion clinic and a free needle so they don't get AIDS while shooting up

No kidding. And the anti-tobacco zealots are just as bad. I actually had one tell me my daughter would have been better off had I been to one of those clinics so she would not have been born, just because I happen to smoke.

The scare tactics of the nannyists is absolutely outrageous, the big problem is they get paid big bucks for their fear-mongering based upon very shaky "scientific research."

23 posted on 10/18/2004 2:02:44 PM PDT by Gabz (Hurricanes and Kerry/Edwards have 2 things in common - hot air and destruction.)
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