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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
With every sip that a pregnant woman took from the icy can of Budweiser, the tiny baby growing inside her belly became more and more drunk. Nothing, not even crack or cocaine, is as devastating to a fetus as alcohol, and it does more damage to a developing brain and body than any illegal during (Zaragoza). Devastatingly, still hundreds of thousands of pregnant women drink in our country, although most of them know they shouldn't but still do. Not knowing that when a women drinks during pregnancy, she risks giving birth to a child who will pay the price, in mental and physical deficiencies, for his or her entire life. Yet many pregnant women still drink alcohol, "it's estimated that each year in the United States, 1 in every 750 infants is born with a pattern of physical, developmental, and functional problems referred to as fetal alcohol syndrome, while another 40,000 are born with fetal alcohol effects" (Zaragoza). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is defined as......


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