What a load of crap…
I was reading an internet news thingy about a server in a restaurant in New Orleans who refused to serve a 7 months pregnant woman alcohol. The response to that was, to me, astounding. Several women’s rights organizations responded that the mother to be was denied her right to make her own decision about consuming alcohol because a non pregnant woman has the right to drink.
Well, give me a break. Why is this even up for discussion? I’m all for my rights as a woman and a human, but I get so sick of this garbage when it comes to fasd. People even absurdly compared this with preventing a pregnant woman from driving a car. Oh really – do fetuses whose mommy drove while pregnant grow up to be individuals who can’t learn? who can’t behave? who can’t hold a job? who can’t parent their own children? who can’t maintain a safe and healthy relationship? – I don’t think so.
I also hate it when people compared this to a woman’s right to an abortion – well, how on earth does anyone see anything similar in this? We’re talking about women who are continuing with their pregnancy – who have made a choice to carry and birth a child. It’s got nothing to do with a woman’s reproductive rights – it has to do with deciding when your responsibility to your child begins – it has to do with the right of a fetus to retain his developing brain cells and his right to grow into a fully functioning child and adult.
And, where are these *rights* of people to use alcohol written anyway? I know there are laws about who can’t drink, such as minors and Lindsey Lohan. But I don’t know of any laws that say that anyone has to drink. And let’s be clear, I love my glass of wine or so as much as anyone. I often feel the *call* of a nice Chardonnay – especially at Greek restaurants – there is nothing better than Greek food and wine together in my estimation – but let’s face it, a drink is just a drink – it has no benefit to anyone – it isn’t nourishment and it costs a lot. And if you have a human life growing inside of you, it’s down right dangerous.
Well, I’m preaching to the choir here – we are all raising children whose bmoms exercised their rights to drink while pregnant. And don’t you hate that crap about “Oh well, those women drank too much, a little won’t harm the fetus”. Really, and who are these people to decide which of the developing brain cells that fetus can afford to lose? Oh my goodness, I know I need to stop and shut up – this is one area where I’m pretty sure you feel the same as me.
So, I think I’ll go and have a glass of wine now – I don’t *need* one, I’m not even in the mood and I’m not eating Greek food, but since it seems it’s my right as a woman to drink, I guess I better – isn’t that the logic here?
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