Provisional proposition - Tan ( As tormenting a person)

In the academic writing exercise that is part 5 of chapter 7 of Quest, "Medicine and Drugs: Addictive Substances," Pamela Hartmann asks us to answer one of the questions on pages 224 and 227 (2007).  

• I have chosen to answer the question:  
  What should be done about women who drink alcohol or take drugs when they are pregnant?

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• My provisional proposition is: 
  Pregnant women who have positive tests for drugs and alcohol should be arrested and prosecuted for tormenting babies. 

Briefly, I think this is one effective solution (there might be others) because:

• New born babies will be protected from the impact of drugs and alcohol.
• It will decrease the numbers of drug-abusing mothers.
• It will decrease the numbers of drug-affected babies.  
• The government will save money that could be spent for taking care of disable people who were harmed by the effects of drugs when they were fetuses.
• A fetus should be considered as a child, so a mother is responsible for its life.   

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Reference

Hartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.