Utah Birth Defect Network

Improving a child’s lifelong health by preventing alcohol-related birth defects:

When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her baby, and the consequences may be devastating.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fetal alcohol syndrome is the leading preventable cause of birth defects.
The effects of alcohol may cause a recognizable pattern of physical and neurological findings called fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
FAS does not occur only in children of mothers who are heavy drinkers: anyone who drinks wine, wine coolers, beer or liquor during pregnancy may put her baby at risk.
There is no known safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy.
The effects of alcohol on the developing baby are 100% preventable.