Press Release - Maine Continues Effort to Prevent Fetal Alcohol Disorder

When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her unborn child. As a result, nearly 40,000 children are born each year with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) across the nation, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

In 1999, September 9 was officially chosen as first National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, and the distinction