Bad Choices During Pregnancy An unwritten “don’t ask, don’t tell policy” {in regards to pregnant women and what they put into their bodies}was once the rule and not the exception in our society. What this means is simple: doctors delivered infants without questioning the behavior of the mother. If the infant was born defective in some way, the mother paid. The infant paid. Society paid. After all, if the mother could not …showed first 75 words of 553 total…

…showed last 75 words of 553 total…unborn fetus. The debate continues on this issue. I believe that it is morally wrong for pregnant women to use drugs or abuse alcohol. It is nothing short of child abuse and the consequences are felt by the rest of society. I believe it to be morally and ethically just for the attending physician to inform law enforcement authorities when a pregnant mother is determined to have been abusing alcohol or drugs during her pregnancy.