No one said anything about criminalising smoking during pregnancy....
I'm saying that in this day and age, very few health organizations would qualify statements that acknowledge/condone a woman's right to smoke during pregnancy.... but I won't go on.. I'll hope that most people got my point...
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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:08:24 +0900
From: Lara <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: AAP and a woman's right to choose...
g raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What health practitioner or health agency would defend a woman's right to
> smoke during pregnancy???
I'm not sure if this is what you actuall mean, georgia, but I would
absolutely 100% defend a woman's _right_ to smoke during pregnancy, just
as I'd defend a woman's right not to breastfeed - no matter how much I
might think it's a bad decision. If there were any moves to criminalise
what a woman does with her body during pregnancy, I'd be first in line
to chain myself to Parliament House in protest.
Dr Lara Hopkins
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