Another form of child abuse: smoking while pregnant.

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142. We can have that conversation ....

.... but a productive conversation will not be had when using the rhetoric of the "anti-choicers" (whether intentionally or through ignorance).

I would have much preferred a thread that discussed what options "we' should / could be presenting pregnant women regarding addiction.

It would have been a far better conversation if we talked about providing services for addiction / substance abuse .... be it to cigarettes, alcohol, narcotics ... The OP had a choice to change the tone of the discussion from the use of a right-wing/ anti-choice rhetorical tool to one that spoke to the public health crisis of addiction in pregnant women.

Had I inadvertently or ignorantly used a rhetorical tool of the right/ anti-choice crowd ... (or a word or phrase that was very loaded and offensive to many) I definitely would have edited it (probably apologized) and attempted to have the conversation i claim I wanted to have. The OP chose not to do that .... so I am left to assume this is the conversation they had wanted ....?

Noting NO ONE said it was a fine thing for women to smoke while pregnant