Should women who drink excessively while pregnant be criminalised? That question is at the root of a legal test case whose ruling is expected later this month: it concerns a seven-year-old child with foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Lawyers acting on her behalf are arguing that she is entitled to a payout from the government-funded Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme because her medical condition is directly linked to her mothers drinking habits during pregnancy.
Since in UK law foetuses have no rights, its hard to imagine that compensation will be granted to do so would change the whole basis of the way the unborn are regarded in our society. But leaving that aside, and given that FAS is entirely preventable, and leaves a child with a severely compromised life, is this something we should be open to rethinking?
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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1x4FZuw
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