Comments on: Pregnant British teens pioneer new advance in prenatal care

By: Old War Dogs

Old War Dogs — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:23:16 +0000

Soft Bites — — 2006.10.04…

Continuously updated, newest items at the top. I’m backdating this post for today only. Beginning tomorrow Soft Bites will carry an early AM timestamp, just prior to Bill’s Bites. Gonna try a little experiment here and see how it works…

By: theholyhermit

theholyhermit — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:31:04 +0000

OMG.

By: NTWR

NTWR — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:19:45 +0000

Research by Action on Smoking and Health, the anti-smoking pressure group, suggests that around 17 per cent of smokers refuse to give up during pregnancy. Of those, the vast majority is young, single and poorly educated.

Yup.

By: SouthernGent

SouthernGent — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:11:37 +0000

I think they are called "chavs" over yonder.

By: two or three . net

two or three . net — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:46:47 +0000

Smoking for smaller babies…

Can there be anything more selfish than this: “Pregnant girls smoke to have smaller babies, says minister.” HT: Allah at Hot Air…

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:41:13 +0000

Sorry, this can’t be blamed on the usual liberal ideological stupidity. This is just white trash Brits Gone Wild.

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:19:08 +0000

Not sure there’s any social pathology to that. Sheer bleeding ignorance.

By: Katie Favazza

Katie Favazza — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:00:50 +0000

Girls gone wild (sans exposed chests)…

The 2 links Allah provides here are very disturbing.In the first, the Telegraph reports that British teens are smoking during pregnancy to stunt their babies’ growth. It is seriously painful to read the following article–particularly after having……

By: Blaise

Blaise — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:43:29 +0000

It’s a bit like reverse evolution, isn’t it?

By: pullingmyhairout

pullingmyhairout — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:22:44 +0000

From the article:

A small baby is very appealing for some girls who are frightened at the prospect of giving birth,” she said.

They shouldn’t get knocked up in the first place. Then they won’t have to worry about how bad it hurts. boo fricken’ hoo.

By: Sister Toldjah » Doesn’t this make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? (WED PM UPDATE)

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:22:13 +0000

[...] Wed. PM Update: Pregnant girls smoke to have smaller babies, says [UK public health] minister (Hat tip: Allah) [...]

By: dallas94

dallas94 — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:15:07 +0000

This appears to be liberal logic at work. Find a goal, develop the most perverse and idiotic solution, then implement it….Try it on all liberal solutions to problems, it really works!

BTW – GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

By: Mark V.

Mark V. — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:00:43 +0000

Ok. I’d say something like “I think these folks are missing the bigger picture here.” But that would just be too mind-bendingly obvious.

By: ChrisInCanadaOrAussy

ChrisInCanadaOrAussy — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:58:24 +0000

We are witnessing day by day the collapse of the once great British civilization…

I second that.

By: Shack

Shack — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:55:34 +0000

OMG this is appalling and very sick. Yea, let’s just make our babies sick!

By: januarius

januarius — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:53:50 +0000

We are witnessing day by day the collapse of the once great British civilization, thanks to liberalism and multiculturalism.

The pregnant British girls smoking must put liberals in an intellectual bind: If the babies are only “fetuses,” why should anyone be concerned?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:47:48 +0000

Saw this yesterday. It makes me sick beyond words.