...child is subsequently born with alcohol related disorders and deformities and must be cared for life. The woman in question is not an alcoholic and there are no claims she has any other problems.
With these facts, how can their be no accountability? I know we sorely lack a female perspective on hexus - not that I necessarily think that a woman would disagree with my opinion that the judgement of this case was idiotic, unless it is founded on some precedent or point of law upon which a judge is bound, which would just make it procedurally stupid.
Perhaps someone on hexus could explain to me the error of my ways, and tell me why i shouldn't think of this as a form of attempted murder?