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Hey, Baby Factories!
Are you FEMALE? Between menarche and menopause? Then the US Government considers YOU pre-pregnant!
Yes, the government now wants all of you little potential baby factories out there to "take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control."
Just to clarify, those recommendations aren't just for women who are actually pregnant - they're for ALL women between first menstruation and menopause, all the time.
Okay, seriously, I suppose that those are good ideas - except the folic acid thing, I don't know about that - but doesn't it just seem odd? Particularly from an Administation that in theory opposes big government, and has been lowering environmental standards? Or is it just my own warped viewpoint?
I also have to wonder if sometime down the road failing to follow the government's pre-pregnancy recommendations will be criminalized. Oh, it sounds unlikely...but this is a strange world we live in.
Yes, the government now wants all of you little potential baby factories out there to "take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control."
Just to clarify, those recommendations aren't just for women who are actually pregnant - they're for ALL women between first menstruation and menopause, all the time.
Okay, seriously, I suppose that those are good ideas - except the folic acid thing, I don't know about that - but doesn't it just seem odd? Particularly from an Administation that in theory opposes big government, and has been lowering environmental standards? Or is it just my own warped viewpoint?
I also have to wonder if sometime down the road failing to follow the government's pre-pregnancy recommendations will be criminalized. Oh, it sounds unlikely...but this is a strange world we live in.