Female Drug users should be made by law too take contraception.

"No, I am in fact not off point." We shall have to agree to disagree on that one, arguing over such a trivial thing is a waste of time when we have more important issues to address. I don't go for cheap point scoring. "The same thing goes for a baby getting genes that make him ugly" No that would be way too discriminative, A person should not be discriminated against because of how they look. A woman can't choose whether or not her baby is born "ugly" ok so there may be indicators of the possibility if she has a face like the back end of a boeing 747 or if the father fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down! Also what is classed as ugly too one person may be viewed as beauty by another. A woman giving birth too a drug addicted baby because she has CHOSEN too take illegal drugs during her pregnancy without any regard for the pain and suffering she is inflicting on her baby can not be classed the same as a person who has passed on something through a faulty gene. You do make a valid point however and I can understand your thinking but my debate is regarding illegal drugs not genes and diseases. "You are only focusing on the worst drugs. What about tobacco? Whole generations of people have smoked cigarettes, and the next generation didn't seem too bad." You obviously have no clue when it comes too the effect tobacco has on a fetus. Smoking during pregnancy can cause serious problems including complications during labour, increased risk of miscarriage, premature birth and even stillbirth. Cigarette smoke contains over 1000 different compounds including carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, carcinogens. The two main compounds suspected of causing the harmful effects on the developing fetus during pregnancy are carbon monoxide and nicotine. Carbon monoxide has a higher affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen, quickly forming the compound carboxyhemoglobin which is unable to carry oxygen. The formation of this molecule leads to a potential for decreased oxygen delivery to the fetus and fetal hypoxia which can lead too a number of damaging effects including brain damage. "IF there is a "potential", then it is very small. Marijuana is not an addictive drug, and therefore would most likely have little or no effect on the child." Marijuana has been shown to affect babies, We know that marijuana crosses the placenta, and can be found in the newborns body for up to a month after a single use. Just like smoking tobacco, it causes less oxygen and food to get to the baby. This factor alone affects your baby's growth and brain development. Newborns of mothers who have used marijuana throughout pregnancy cry more. Some studies suggest that children exposed to marijuana while in the womb are at increased risk for attention disorders and learning problems that might not show up until school age. "It can, but there are responsible people who don't let it. And do not get themselves really stoned constantly when they have kids." marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. someone who smokes marijuana may be functioning at a suboptimal intellectual level all of the time. Point made! I wouldn't want them looking after my children! http://www.nida.nih.gov... "My opponents suggested law is over generalizing, and unforgiving. It does not think of those who are the exceptions. There are people out there who are responsible and moderate." My law would stop female Heroin/Cocaine/illegal drug users from getting pregnant and inflicting unnecessary pain and suffering too babies. Also many addicts who get pregnant do so accidentally, My law would not only protect the babies but would also protect the women from unwanted pregnancies. Babies brought up by such woman are often neglected and abused the authorities often have too take them away. No child deserves this just because some crack head wants to get high and have sex!