European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Drugs alcohol and pregnancy by Gayle Young United press International woman upon learning she is pregnant toll or r doctor she recently had a denial x by a l asks about the risk of radiation induced huh detects. The doctor advil hot to consider an abortion the Chi inc of that Smalt Dosoo radiation harming her baby was nil. Especially since she had a Load Slung re on at the time in we  said or. Laurence Karp director cd Oti i King Al swedish Hospital medical  Wash. The Wom in   not to terminate the pregnancy Karp said women know drugs alcohol and a rays affect pregnancy bul sometimes they Are afraid when they should t be said Karp i find doctors advising abortions because they think better Safe Ihan sorry ii of some reason the baby is born with a defect they Don t want to be  the incidence of american babies born Wilh drug and alcohol a called damage is on the increase according to the Maich of dimes foundation Bui doctors say most mothers tall Inlo two groups Ito educated women who Are Overly fearful about their pregnancies and uninformed women who Are alcoholics anal drug add ids drug usage in general is increasing said or Xylina d. Bean professor of paediatrics at King Drew medical Center in los Angeles. The Peak Ages or drug abuse Are also the Peak childbearing to years. The children to see Are addicted to drugs at birth she said it s become a serious National  in 1985 Alono her Hospital noted a tenfold increase in the birth of cocaine addicted babies. But doctors say a Glass of Champagne or a dose of Aspen is not Harmou to a developing baby women Call us hysterical because they had three glasses of Boer Blore they Learned they were  said Karp whose department is a referral censer for High risk pregnancies they say. This is a wanted pregnancy bul i Don l want the Bali in it s malformed " according to a report from the March of dimes Many drugs pose less of a risk to the developing fetus than the Public realizes including Many Enli biopics. Deconge slants certain medications for High blood pressure most painkillers and tranquil filers drugs that May cause damage include Mega doses of Vitamin a. Tobacco and . Drug alcohol and a rays can Ham a developing fetus. The baby is most susceptible to alcohol end drug related birth detects Between 18 and 85 Days after Conception. The organization which promotes research Flo the cause of birth do feels. Recommends women consult a physician who knows they Are pregnant before taking a drug by Law labels must Alert Consumers if he drug is not recommended for use in pregnancy. The March Al dimes also recommends women not use recreational drugs or drink alcohol during their pregnancy. Some doctors maintain that an occasional ounce of alcohol and Somo types of recreational a naga Ara not harmful but advise woman to avoid them b9 much As possible Lobo on the Safe Side. Total alcohol syndrome Only shows up in women who go on binges or who Are steady hard drinkers Karp said. Even then it s no a sure thing it win happen. It s Good or women to to concerned about safety bul they should 1 scare themselves to death Over a Glass of  developing babies Are most susceptible to alcohol and drug related birth defects Between 18 and b5 Days after Conception according to the March of dimes report. Before the 16-Day Mark excessive drug use does All of ii thing " either cells Are prevented from growing resulting in an Early miscarriage or if not All Tho cells Are damaged. The identical remaining cells can replace them and the pregnancy can continue  the report Stales. During the last six months of pregnancy exposure to drugs is less Likely to result in malformation bul it might result in a Tow birth weight baby and retard nerve and brain growth. Doctors Are Only now studying the school age children of mothers who were addicted to drugs while pregnant. Some studies indicate these children have More learning disabilities than their Peers. The babies of drug addicted and alcoholic mothers Are a serious health concern said bean. Some of the babies Are bom drug dependent and must go through withdrawal. Many will suffer permanent brain damage and physical birth defects. Our studies show heroin addicted mothers Wilt decrease drugs during their pregnancies if they have some sort of support program said bean our goal has got to to an increase in the funding Al these programs. We must educate the mothers who really really need it she said. Study focuses on Young women s sex habits by Laura King associated press our out of five single american women in their 20s have had sex one third of them gel pregnant Al least once and 40 percent of those abort their first pregnancies a Federal study shows. One third have lived with a Man. And one sixth habitually engage in sex without contraceptives. According to the study the first Federal Survey to locus solely do the sexual habits of women in their 20s. The Survey was funded by the National institutes of health and was presented to Art advisory panel by Wendy Baldwin chief of the demographic and behavioural sciences Branch of the National Institute of chid health and human development Temple University demographer Kory Tanner. Who conducted the Survey said Ham have been Many abides of Adb Lescen sexual activity but few had tracked behaviour patterns As women passed out of adolescence and into Young adulthood. Social policymakers and family banners have to pay attention to this group As Well Tanner said. Pregnancy and childbearing Are As common among Page is the stars and stripes single women in their 20s As they Are among adolescents and i Don t think turning 20 lakes away the Sling of coping with these  in 1983, the year the inter views were conducted. 400,000 of the 8.1 million single women in their 20s gave birth and 660,000 had abortions according to the study. Unmarried women in their 20s Are very important demographically yet it is a group Tor which we historically have had inadequate data Baldwin said. Their Fertility behaviour is very significant the report was based on lengthy face to face interviews with 1,314 never married women Between the Ages of �0 and 29 across the country. Tanner said he said the Survey indicated one out of three single woman in their 20s has been pregnant at least once. Forty percent of those women half of the White woman and 1d percent of the Black women aborted their first pregnancies. One sixth habitually risk pregnancy by engaging in sexual Intercourse without contraceptives. Twenty percent did not begin to use contraceptives until after their first pregnancy. Sunday june 22.1986 one third have lived with a Man. Four out of five have engaged in sex at least once. Never married women in their 20s have had sexual Intercourse on average with 4.5 Man Hall Ottha time Wilh serious Long term boyfriends and Hall in More casual relationships. Baldwin Ulaj the Survey indicates that the Young adult population is not really doing a whole Tot better Ihan adolescents to terms of consistent use of contraceptives however she added the women in thar 20s Are More Quick to Settle on a method of contraception on they have become sexually Active Especial by after pregnancy. They realize tried areal risk she said. The Survey suggested that women who lived with a Man to whom they were not married usually considered the arrangement a step toward marriage Baldwin said. It a a stage not a permanent condition.1 she said.  Genar Auy it Leada to either the breakup of the relationship or marriage Baldwin said a published in a family planning journal and he Plana Lurther analysis of the interview material