Governor Arne Carlson signed a bill this week to allow citizens, doctors, social workers, and law enforcement officials to report pregnant women who abuse alcohol. The purpose of the new law is to reduce the number of cases in which babies are born with brain damage or birth defects caused by excessive drinking of alcohol, a condition known as fetal alcohol syndrome. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports on the new law.
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