Sunday, July 6, 2008

Oh Dear.

Police may charge pregnant woman over drinking and .... driving ... no, drinking with reckless disregard, so charged with 'drinking and carrying.'
Tauranga police are investigating whether they can charge woman who was found to be drinking heavily just days before she was due to give birth.

Now this is probably one step too far. Supposedly 'robust' studies indicate drinking alcohol can harm the health of your baby, such that many couples are now too frightened to have 'a conception-celebrating drink.'
But this is more ... this is our police force looking at enforcing rather tenuous relationships between one event and another and endeavouring to 'spin it' such that it comes under what is already legislated as an offence .. after all this is all they are mandated to have authority over.

But, obviously they want more .. the health police as well.