“According to law it is”
I’ll add abortion to your list of great rebuttles to Soliton’s statement above. I guess, according to the “it’s the law” argument, that I should just accept the murder of babies as an acceptable behaviour.
Unless you are blowing up abortion clinics, you ARE accepting abortion because it is the law.
Research has found that potential effects of smoking during pregnancy include an increased chance of genetic abnormalities. There has been associations made between pregnant women smoking and increased chance of cleft lip, cleft palate, problems with bowel, eyes, ears and spinal cord. There are also increased abnormalities found with the placentas. The effects of smoking goes beyond the birth. There have been links made between women smoking during pregnancy and their children developing respiratory problems, such as asthma, later in childhood.
http://www.pregnancy.com.au/smoking_during_pregnancy.htm