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I know many don't want to face facts of the world- or admit there are permanently damaged fetus's that are better off never coming into this world...
One of the sad things is that there is no way to determine if a fetus has been affected until they have been born..
Unwanted children, that can't be adopted out, and are even difficult to find foster parents for- so usually spend their early life bouncing from foster home to foster home to government homes to reform schools to prison....
Having seen many of these grow up- I sometimes thought some would be better off if they never had been born... They never had a chance at life...
You talk about where much of our mental health problems in society come from- but are afraid to face them....
One of the sad things is that there is no way to determine if a fetus has been affected until they have been born..
Unwanted children, that can't be adopted out, and are even difficult to find foster parents for- so usually spend their early life bouncing from foster home to foster home to government homes to reform schools to prison....
Having seen many of these grow up- I sometimes thought some would be better off if they never had been born... They never had a chance at life...
You talk about where much of our mental health problems in society come from- but are afraid to face them....
The main effect of FAS is permanent central nervous system damage, especially to the brain. Developing brain cells and structures can be malformed or have development interrupted by prenatal alcohol exposure; this can create an array of primary cognitive and functional disabilities (including poor memory, attention deficits, impulsive behavior, and poor cause-effect reasoning) as well as secondary disabilities (for example, predispositions to mental health problems and drug addiction). Alcohol exposure presents a risk of fetal brain damage at any point during a pregnancy, since brain development is ongoing throughout pregnancy.
Fetal alcohol exposure is the leading known cause of mental retardation in the Western world. In the United States and Europe, the FAS prevalence rate is estimated to be between 0.2-2 in every 1000 live births.