The government has warned women who are pregnant or trying for a baby to stop drinking alcohol altogether. The advice is not based on new medial evidence, but rather on a concern that women will go over the recommended safe levels if they are not warned to totally cut out alcohol. Journalist Zoe Williams considers this to be another example of government advice being patronising and unscientific. So is this an extension of the nanny state? Or do concerns about foetal health merit the issuing of firm guidelines? Jane is joined by Zoe Williams and Susan Fleisher, executive director and founder of the National Organisation for Foetal Alcohol Syndrome.
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