FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The warnings are bold on alcohol labels: if you are pregnant, consuming alcohol could cause serious health problems for your baby.
But pregnant women have been consuming alcohol for centuries. So how serious are those resulting health problems?
This week, experts told a Broward jury that confessed Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz suffered severe brain damage as a result of his biological mother’s alcohol abuse. Brenda Woodard was known to abuse beer, wine and crack cocaine during pregnancy, multiple people testified. The experts said Cruz’s behaviors were consistent with fetal alcohol syndrome, one of the conditions that fall under the umbrella of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, or FASDs.
