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FAS refers to fetal alcohol syndrome and NAS to neonatal abstinence syndrome, basically should the mother be held accountable if her baby is born negatively effected by her drinking or using drugs during her pregnancy is my question.

I'll admit I haven't done a ton of research but it seems like currently in most states if either of these conditions are caught when the baby is still in the hospital, they can be removed from the mother, or at the very least CPS does get involved, but the thing is that testing is rare and most babies with them do end up simply going home with no one the wiser. I'm not saying we should make testing mandatory or anything, but say randomly a test was done and it came back positive. In that situation what action do you think should be taken against the one undeniablly responsible for irrevocably harming her child before they were even born?