[Jan 16, 97 - 09:19] Jane Kelley of 1:138/255 wrote to Regina Finan:
RF>> I'm sure parents with children born with FAS appreciate their children
RF>> called "mutant".  Give me a break.  You are looking at children as some
RF>> kind of "alien".
JK> Lady, I don't particualarly give a tinkers dam if they appreciate it or
JK> not.  The blunt truth is that FAS is usually the result of ingestion of
JK> alcohol by a pregnant woman.  Period. And that causes the problems the
JK> child encounters after it is born.
I've never read that FAS was caused by alcohol-induced mutations; I was under 
the impression that it was caused by alcohol-induced developmental problems.
Jerry Schwartz
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