I know someone who drove drunk and didn’t die. I guess that proves that it’s safe.

Rates of FASD in much of Europe are high.

This is false. If it were true FAS would not exist. But it does.

The message “don’t get pregnant while you have a drinking problem” requires people to understand they have a drinking problem. “Don’t drink” is more effective.

Yes.

Italy does not have a low rate of FASD. Some of the studies on FASD effects are in fact concentrated in Italy. In England rates of FAS, not FASD, have tripled in a short period of time.

Being born with signs of FASD is not indicative of the prevalence of FASD. The median age for diagnosis is around 5. Most kids with FASD do not have any outward signs, and even more do not have apparent signs at birth. In addition, many doctors are ignorant about FASD. It is impossible to understand prevalence in the…

I agree.

Marijuana, and most illegal drugs, are much less harmful to developing fetuses than alcohol.

Thanks for recognizing that this is a spectrum, and that FAS is only the most extreme end. However, it is not true that drinking a lot = facial abnormalities. Most facial abnormalities occur in the third week of pregnancy. You can drink plenty all pregnancy and have a kid with FASD but no facial anomalies, and you can…

Why do you trust studies that say that prenatal vitamins help, but not studies that say alcohol causes harm? The information that you are spreading — that there’s no damage until 4-6 weeks of pregnancy — is wrong. Many of the facial characteristics, for example, develop in the third week of pregnancy, and it’s only a…

Your pediatrician is wrong. His or her response is exactly why the CDC issues these kinds of warnings, because even the medical profession is incredibly ignorant about the effects of alcohol on the developing fetus. Would your doctor say the same about your use of cocaine or heroin? They cause far less damage than…