From Straits Times October 5, 2006 (Thursday), WORLD section
Smoking Warning Sends Wrong Signal
London: Teenage girls in Britain are deliberately smoking during pregnancy because they know it lowers a baby's birth weight and believe it will reduce pain during labour and delivery, the Nursing Standard reported yesterday.
Teenagers have heard the warnings that smoking can lead to smaller babies but misinterpreted the information, the journal reported Public Health Caroline Flint as saying.
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Rebellious age...not sure about the law in London, but in Singapore, there is no law which says that a woman must be a certain age before she can get an abortion. But in any case, she will not be allowed to abort the baby if she has been pregnant for more than 24 weeks, unless her life is in danger or at risk because of the pregnancy.
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