“Based on the current, best science available, we now know:

• Alcohol consumed during pregnancy increases the risk of alcohol related birth defects, including growth deficiencies, facial abnormalities, central nervous system or brain impairment, behavioral disorders, and impaired intellectual development.
• No amount of alcohol consumption can be considered safe during pregnancy.
• Alcohol can damage a developing baby at any stage of pregnancy.  Damage can occur in the earliest weeks of pregnancy, even before a woman knows that she is pregnant.
• The cognitive deficits and behavioral problems resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure are life long.
• Alcohol related birth defects are completely preventable.”

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