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Wow, as much as I hate to say it, I think that either this charge should be thrown out, OR new laws should be made that regulate a legal limit to how much alcohol can be in your bloodstream when you breastfeed. I'm really alarmed at the idea that women could be thrown in jail and have their babies taken away for breastfeeding after a glass of wine or a couple of beers, which really won't do any harm to the baby whatsoever... in fact, you would have to be pretty much alcohol-poisoning-level drunk for there to be enough alcohol in your milk to have an adverse effect on the baby.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be a good idea to create a legal blood alcohol limit for breastfeeding, just that it would be a terrible idea to prosecute a case like this without one.
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