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If you saw a random pregnant lady drinking a bottle of vodka, what would you do?

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Nothing. It is not technically illegal here (although I'm not the police even if it were). I was told by someone who is that if she was swigging out in public (and not in a bar), that's the only thing she could be held for, public intoxication.

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What about the baby?

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: If she were in public, forcing a newborn baby to drink vodka, yeah, then the police could get involved. It's a slippery slope, legally regulating someone's behavior just because they are pregnant. Understand, I have my own thoughts about it, but we're speaking from a strictly [b]legal[/b] standpoint.

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@bijouxbroussard: You're gonna let it be just because it's legal?

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: And let me repeat:

1) I'm not the police.
2) I have my own thoughts about it.
3) Yes. I have no desire to be sued.

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@bijouxbroussard: I know what you mean, but you won't be sued if it's what the police do. Now, what if the police weren't there? Would you stop her?

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: You don't get it. It's NOT illegal. And [b]yes[/b] you can [b]absolutely[/b] be sued for accosting a stranger for doing something just because [i]you[/i] think it's wrong. You can save a living, breathing child but you don't have the right to touch a pregnant woman. Moreover we don't lock women up for not taking care of their bodies while pregnant.

Now, I personally believe that since a woman can legally terminate any pregnancy she doesn't want, she has a [b]moral[/b] (note, not legal) obligation to protect any pregnancy she plans to keep. But that is my personal belief and the law would not be on my side if I tried to "stop" a total stranger from drinking. Have I explained this enough, now ?

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@bijouxbroussard: Hmmmm I see, it's all about the law...But, if you [b]could[/b], would you stop her?

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: [b]NO[/b].

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@bijouxbroussard: Ah...Well, that's all I need to know, a simple [b]NO[/b] says everything

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: You'll note that my initial reply to "what would you do" was "Nothing." The rest was extraneous information.

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@bijouxbroussard: You'll note that my "what would you do" and your "Nothing" were before I "abandoned" the law. Your "[b]NO[/b]" is different

bijouxbroussard · F

@MeganFox2016: Not really. Either way it's a negative.

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@bijouxbroussard: Oh it's different alright and it's more negative