(February 7, 2018 at 8:45 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Question to the people of the forums:
Should it be illegal for pregnant women to drink, smoke, and do street drugs?
I don't think so, because I'm only for enforceable laws. It's already illegal to do street drugs, but people still do, so why would it be any different with a pregnant woman? Just like with drug abuse, the responsibility has to come from the woman to tackle this issue. Trying to force people to stop doing drugs or drinking through punitive measures is historically ineffective. A mother should love her child, so she should be incentivized because of that, not because it's illegal for her not to (unless she is mentally ill or severely addicted to drugs - in which case she needs help and support, not criminal punishment).
Literally no one is going to be about to do illicit drugs while pregnant, remember that there's an additional law against specifically that, and stop. So what's the point?
