Alcohol can harm unborn or nursing babies | stargazette.com | Star-Gazette

Just a few months ago ABC’s Good Morning America aired a segment titled “Can pregnant women drink alcohol in moderation?”

These pieces have two things in common: Both state there is no research on the topic or that the research is unclear, and both seem to define “harm to the infant” too narrowly.

I am writing to clarify this misrepresentation of the research literature as non-existent or unclear. …