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Suspicion that alcohol could damage the unborn child has been in medical literature for many decades. Recently, however, convincing evidence has finally linked a mother’ s drinking of alcoholic beverages during pregnancy with a special set of problems visible in the newborn. A characteristic facial appearance with unusual-appearing eyes and nose is associated with the retardation of mental development and altered growth patterns. This has now been called the fetal alcohol syndrome. Some mothers have even been prosecuted for giving such a sad “birthright” to their babies.

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The severity of this syndrome seems to be proportional to the consumption of alcohol by the mother. Reminiscent of the warning to Manoah’s wife prior to the birth of Samson (read it in Judges 13:13, 14), this caution against alcohol drinking should strongly motivate modern mothers to take a nondrinking stand. When a baby has been born with the characteristic syndrome, it is destined to be handicapped, often for life. Although the mechanism of alcohol’ s toxic action on a developing fetus is not completely clear, the effects are nonetheless sure. Thus in considering the offspring from all angles—looks, intelligence (I.Q.), and general health, nondrinkers clearly have the advantage.

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