I see this logic as fatally flawed in that if we allow these individuals to act as they please while pregnant with no consequence being considered to the child then it is actually the community that is damaged, through the almost certain damage that will be suffered by the child. This article makes a critical analysis of the approaches that we now take in our criminal court system to punish women who abuse substances, including alcohol which leads to Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. She recognizes and gives credence to the individual rights argument as well as the fetal rights argument. She discusses the community and the effects of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome on the community. However, this is where the analysis stops.
Education is a great start.
However, the author fails to take the next critical step and propose an actual community initiative to solve the problem through a recognition that the community is the one who suffers from the effects of this illness. The community is the one picking up the tab for individual rights, whether those be the rights of the child or the mother. That step of recognition is necessary to improve the current condition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. This will lead us down an a more drastic slippery slope than the one that currently exists. The community, and it's interests have to be considered.