Women drinking to harm their babies for disabilities.....Apartheid evil legacy.

[franksterr]

Mothers in one of South Africa's poorest areas are drinking heavily to deliberately damage their unborn babies - just so they can claim disability benefit.Life is so tough with unemployment high and crime rampant in South Africa's Eastern Cape, that a newborn baby represents a form of income for the mothers.
State benefits mean 250 South African rand (£20) per child per month for an impoverished family. But disability allowance is a far more lucrative 1200 rand a month (£85).
It has led to a spike in the numbers of babies born with disabilities.
Mothers who drink heavily during pregnancy run a far higher risk of giving birth to a child born with what is known as Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). The condition is usually irreversible and can mean speech problems, physical deformities, learning difficulties and behavioural issues.
More than three-quarters of the children at the Miracle Kids Centre in Helenvale suffer from FASD.

http://news.sky.com/story/1033939/south-africa-women-drinking-to-harm-babies

[Peasie]

How di grassyknoll is this an Apartheid legacy?? What about their legacy of protecting their children and wanting what is good for them? No amount of apartheid can remove that from any African woman unless they are mentally ill. So stop your damn nonsense

[franksterr]

How di grassyknoll is this an Apartheid legacy?? What about their legacy of protecting their children and wanting what is good for them? No amount of apartheid can remove that from any African woman unless they are mentally ill. So stop your damn nonsense

You would be surprise what Apartheid can accomplish.....you do know that S.Africa was an apartheid state?

Okay maybe you cant see the connection.....that doesn't mean it is not there.