smoking while pregnant is basically child abuse. so if you see a pregnant women smoking shouldn't there be consequences?
2006-09-21 16:26:18 · 23 answers · asked by Daisy M 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
i think doing anything idiotic while pregnant should be illegal. and for those stupid enough to engage in such acts that harms a child, it should be a crime for them to get pregnant in the first place.
2006-09-21 16:28:52 · answer #1 · answered by thewayworldturns 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It is very difficult to legislate behavior on this level. It could never be enforced fairly, for example women in their first or even 2nd trimester may not be visibly pregnant - so if you stopped everyone in their third trimester (visibly pregnant) you would not be solving the problem, in fact I think I read where it is more harmful to the baby early in the preganancy than later.
The only way you can stop pregnant women from stopping is - outlaw all smoking! The day is coming I'm sure but it will be awhile, the tobacco lobbyists have a lot of money and power to keep it going as long as they can.
2006-09-21 16:36:16 · answer #2 · answered by kellyault20001 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ok first of all , it would really be ironic if the law prevented a woman from the slight possiblity of harming her unborn child while smoking and at the same time let it be perfectly legal for her to go to a doctor and have it slashed to bits and sucked out! Smoking has only been shown to cause low birth weight. Not that that is good, but should the government now tell a woman that she is eating too much sugar and there fore increases the risk of infant diabetes? where do you draw the line. Crack and heroine are illegal and so there is back up to arrest someone. Until this country stops being duplicitous and wants simultaneous protection for the unborn and the absolute right to murder it, then the government should just mind there own business!!!
2006-09-21 16:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by Coco 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Due to the fact that you can't tell one individual what they can and can not do with their physique. You can't inform a lady that she can't do whatever despite the fact that she is pregnant, it was once her choice to deliver a lifestyles into the world and hers to decide what she does along with her body and the youngster who shares her body. You isn't concerned with what other humans do within the first situation principally with regards to such private decisions. Failed to anyone ever let you know to mind out possess industry. It is a matter of lady's rights and also you can not tell her she will be able to and cannot do, which you could best inform her the conciquences just right or dangerous and hope she makes liable alternatives. And the main issue with tabaco is the entire chemical substances in it that naturally arise. Comparable to cionide. You're very ignorant I suppose you will have to learn extra, speak much less.
2016-08-09 14:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always felt that smoking was the stupidest thing that any smart person could do. I am not saying that the person is stupid but the act of smoking is. I have never smoked I hope that any one that becomes pregnant can stop for the sake of the child.
2006-09-21 16:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by memorris900 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I sympathize with your position but you haven't thought this through.....
Does the word "detox" mean anything to you? Ever been around somebody trying to quit smoking? Not very stable are they? What do suppose their biochemistry is like?
What I'm getting to is that it might be more unhealthy for the fetus to be in the womb of someone going through a nicotine detox than to be inside a woman who peacefully smokes for the whole 9 months.
The ultimate answer to this and a whole range of similar problems is that parenthood needs to be licensed. It's the single most important job in society and yet everybody just mindlessly accepts that it should be done by complete amateurs or worse.
Letting active nicotine addicts have babies is ridiculous, but it's nothing compared to letting active alcoholics do it, which happens all the time. Beyond even that is the truly edifying spectacle of pregnant cokeheads giving birth to "crack babies".
2006-09-21 17:19:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
its not illegal but it certainly does a very bad effect on unborn child. we couldn't arrest pregnant women by smoking, its their choice, what we can do is give them information about its consequence though im sure some of them, already knew it.
2006-09-21 16:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by Bartypurple lass 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because you won't be able to tell one human being what they could and may no longer do with their body. you won't be able to tell a lady that she will be ready to no longer do some thing even if she is pregnant, it changed into her selection to carry a existence into the international and hers to go back to a decision what she does such as her body and the toddler who stocks her body. you mustn't be in touch with what human beings do interior the first position fantastically at the same time as it is composed of such personal judgements. did not anybody ever inform you to ideas out personal company. it really is an argument of lady's rights and also you may't tell her she will be ready to and may no longer do, you could in reality tell her the conciquences solid or undesirable and desire she makes to blame options. And the issue with tabaco is all the chemical substances in it that clearly happen. such as cionide. you're very ignorant i imagine you should verify more advantageous, communicate a lot less.
2016-11-23 14:19:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smoking is an addiction - like alcoholism, drugs, etc. Its something just just can't kick. It's like you being pregnant, and you stuffing greasy assed MCDonalds down your pie hole - it's bad for you but you still do it - I smoke periodically and i'm 8 months pregnant, and DARE someone to say something to me. It's none of yours or anyones business. And who's to say that anything will come out wrong. What do you think that women in the 50's and 60's smoked when they were pregnant and their babies came out fine, and women that don't smoke come out with a kid that has 3 eyeballs and 56 toes.
This politically correct society is so hypocritical. Society always blames smoking for EVERYTHING, and it's really fuggin old.
2006-09-24 04:54:00 · answer #9 · answered by sguthrie1973@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I get really angry when I see pregnant women smoking but how could a law like this be enforced.
2006-09-21 16:35:32 · answer #10 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Smoking should be illegal period.(I started smoking when I was 13 and quit when I was 41,12 years ago)
So yes put a fine on any smoker.
2006-09-21 16:32:26 · answer #11 · answered by blakree 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋