gnant woman is passing her genes of alcohol addiction to the unborn child in order for that child, if alive and female, to have the chance to pass these medical problems to another child. It also means that the unborn child will most likely be an alcoholic against his/her own will and will have the potential to be a danger to himself or herself and others later in life.Alcohol is a toxin that many people put into their bodies. Increased amounts of it cause a person to vomit, which is the body’s means of getting rid of the poison. It is inconceivable that a person, a mother, who is supposed to be nurturing and safe for her child, would not guard such lethal amounts of toxins from entering her baby’s body. For instance, if a pregnant lady of average weight drinks a six pack of beer, she is consuming 72 ounces of beer. This is about how much an average fetus weighs. Can you imaging drinking half of your body weight of beer?It should be common sense not to drink if you are pregnant. If the effects of long-term use as adults can be fatal, why would anyone subject an unborn child around 5 pounds to such abuse. That is exactly what it is, abuse, and pregnant alcoholics should make a choice between a child or alcohol. If both are chosen, they should be prosecuted depending on the severity of the case. In conclusion, abortion is seen as a crime in this country because the government believes in equal rights and that even though the child is unborn and has no voice it has a right to life because it is human. These unborn children have no voice either and everyday children are being miscarried, stillborn, and born with such deficiencies as fetal alcohol syndrome and alcohol addiction. Is this not as severe as abortion? Do these children of alcoholic parents suffer any less? Should alcohol abused pregnancies not be seen as a crime in America, even though our government believes that the child has "a right to life?" ...
