LogFAQs > #955327608

Should they? Probably. Will they? No. The muh body, muh choice movement pretty much exempts them from consequences. But even outside that, they'd likely be exempted in the case of alcoholism since it'd basically be punishing somebody for being mentally ill... although I guess alcoholics can still be charged with parental neglect so... idk. Generally unless the unborn child is killed through a mother's neglect, you're not going to see the mother charged with anything and even then there aren't a lot of states that would charge them.

Logically parental negligence resulting in harm to a child would result in consequences, but the law has been pretty fucked up. Bartenders got in trouble for trying limit pregnant women's alcohol consumption, which is kinda ridiculous since they're literally supposed to cut people off when they feel there's a health risk.


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