As many as 1 in 20 US kids harmed by alcohol in the womb, study says
Summary: Pregnant women drinking alcohol is at a high with one in ten pregnant women saying they've drank in the past 30 days. The number of kids being affected by this is was higher than expected. Now the rates are so high that 1 in every 20 kids appears lower on the spectrum solely because of maternal drinking.... could even go as far as 1 in every 10. Issues caused by maternal drinking not only affects internal features but external also. Professors says that they are very disappointed with these numbers. More accurate estimates are needed for maybe some course of action.
Analysis: It's alarming how high these rates are and the fact that they aren't declining. If a woman knows she's pregnant, I don't understand why she would affect the child that she's raising in that way. I don't know how or what action would take place to fix this but I do think it's unhealthy for this to keep going on.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/06/health/drinking-pregnancy-fetal-alcohol-syndrome-study/index.html?no-st=1519098496
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