Pregnant women who drink or smoke fine

If the Ukrainian government depends risk pregnant women who are caught with a beer, a glass of wine or a cigarette soon a fine of € 8.

According to the government in Kiev lost on public health and intellectual capacity due to the excessive drinking of its future mothers. Their unhealthy habits would contribute to the biological degradation of the population.

There is a bill on the table that provides a penalty of 8 euros for pregnant women who are caught smoking or drinking. An amount not bad in Ukraine, where the bulk of the population less than 200 euros a month. The threat of a fine will encourage women to adopt healthier lifestyles, believe the doctors who support the bill.

Discrimination, human rights activists say. Alcohol and cigarettes are bad for everyone, not just for pregnant women. Ukraine would be better to work on a general ban on smoking in public places, including restaurants and public transport instead of focusing on the future mothers.

Highly educated risk factor

While everyone knows that smoking and drinking during pregnancy is bad for the baby, many European women do not really sleep over. Highly educated pregnant women even less than others. Selected at random, one gets a view of becoming the drinking behavior during pregnancy. That's not wrong. In Dublin drink 65 percent of pregnant women excessively in Barcelona 45 percent, half in Canada and the Netherlands 35 to 50 percent.

Many women do not realize that small quantities (eg 1 glass per day) whether physical or mental harm to the unborn child can cause. Can, because alcohol will not always be problems. In one his few too many drinks per week, another drink but no effect on the fetus. Consequently it is very difficult to provide a safe limit for alcohol in pregnancy to determine. Nothing drinking is the only safe option.