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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, there really are such different ways of approaching risk. I like understanding the actual risks of doing something even if it's not something I really value doing - for example, i used to buy bagged romaine and salad greens every single week, and lunchmeat never, it's just not a part of my regular diet or a big treat for me. As a pregnant woman it's pretty important for me to know that listeria finds on lettuce and greens have been both widespread and recent, so I've changed my weekly shopping and eating habits for a few months, while incidence from lunchmeat is really rare these days, so I was at a work event last week where deli sandwiches were the only lunch option and I ate a half. That was a week ago, so far no listeria.

Yes, i could have skipped it and gotten food later, I choose other options whenever I have them and i dont have a lunchmeat addiction problem, but I honestly do think it's a risk evaluation question, not a straight up black and white moral virtue problem. I also think people who have a risk evaluation approach to alcohol here are being treated as though they're moral failures and purity is not the appropriate lens here. [/quote]

I don’t think they’re moral failures. [b]But I have seen FAS first hand, resulting from a woman who didn’t drink that much during her pregnancy.[/b] I am all for women making their own choices with their lives and bodies, but SOMETIMES it’s reasonable to expect women to put their babies first. It’s only 9 months. [/quote]

Please elaborate. I would guess that you just don't know how much this woman drank. [/quote]

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