Preventing Pre-natal Alcohol Exposure

Kaylee Final Position/Proposal Paper Preventing Pre-natal Alcohol Exposure A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that alcohol use by pregnant women can result in birth defects in unborn children. When alcohol crosses the placenta, it enters the fetal bloodstream in a concentration equal to the mother’s bloodstream. This alcohol is oxidized much more slowly than the alcohol in the mother because of the underdeveloped nature of the fetal liver. During this time of …

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