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Is It Ethical to Condone Low Levels of Drinking in Pregnancy?

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Today, it is widely agreed that exposure to very large doses of alcohol during pregnancy acts as a teratogen that can cause structural damage to specific parts of the brain including the corpus callosum, cerebellum and hippocampal areas.

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Niclasen, J. (2016). Is It Ethical to Condone Low Levels of Drinking in Pregnancy?. In: Nelson, M., Trussler, M. (eds) Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal Perspectives. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 63. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_5

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