In conversation with a pregnant friend who was talking about the disapproving looks she gets when she has a cup of coffee, it did strike me that there is an extraordinary hypocrisy in our society.
When a woman who is pregnant decides to kill her baby, that is held to be her choice. It is her body and she must be free to do what she wants, without fear of condemnation.
When a woman who is pregnant decides to engage in other activities that may potentially harm her child (smoking, drinking, eating certain foods), that is deemed selfish and morally wrong. The health of the child should be considered above the wishes of the mother.
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Indeed. It’s hard to believe that the same society can get so upset about Baby P and constantly make it easier to have abortion on demand.
Good point Ros. And, it needs to be said, the statistical evidence for the likelihood of coffee-drinking damaging the child is not conclusive. As with most of these things it’s a ‘maybe.’
Hence why advice to pregnant mothers varies from place to place and country to country (I doubt very much if that french are told to lay off pate, soft cheeses and wine for e.g.).
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