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Can I call the police on a pregnant woman who I always see standing outside her house smoking a cigarette?
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Can I call the police on a pregnant woman who I always see standing outside her house smoking a cigarette?

I would call the police if I saw a parent beating on their kid - I don't really feel like this is much different. Yet something is making me hesitate.


    




Richie
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No, but feel free to remind her she's gonna make her kid stupider than she is.


LibertyLover101
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How very Unamerican of you turning your neighbor in to the Gestapo. Who has the right to decide for children? Parents? The Government? or You?

You may not like how this person raises their child. But it is their child NOT yours. If you did something that someone else disagreed with, should you be told how you must raise your child?

Mind your OWN Business.


indy
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yes and you would risk being arrested for ignorance


jackious
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you cant not against the law


Grumbling Bear
Can I call the police next time I see someone going into an abortion clinic to have their baby chopped up and vacuumed out? No I cannot because the liberals do not care about unborn children so do you think anyone will care that this woman is hurting her child by smoking?


Hank Mardukas
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Although frowned upon by pretty much everyone, smoking while pregnant is not illegal.


Gus
You can't be more than 12 years old. I suggest you mind your own business.


Myx
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Can I call the police on you when you go slaughter your unborn baby at a abortion clinic. You libretards have such double standards. You don't even care about the unborn. Why pretend? You can't call the police for something that isn't illegal. I think you are a danger to yourself and others. Maybe I should call the police or the looney farm.


Jimmy Whispers X
No the great United States of America has made cigarettes legal which kill more people every year than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, homicides, suicides and fires – combined.


sleepy forrest
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It's people like you on your high horse that get children into the system who other wise would be in happy homes with loving parents...until you stick your nose in where it is not needed or wanted and pronounce judgments upon which you know nothing!!!! Obvious abuse is something we should do something about, but narrow minded people like yourself should leave it to the professionals who would laugh at these accusations!!!


mermaid out of water
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No because unfortunately it is not illegal for her too smoke. Stupid and selfish? Yes. But the police cannot do anything about that. If you see her smoking crack...then that would be a different story


Hannah M
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No, just stay out of it. one time while I was on vacation in France, I had to go to a French gynecologist. At the doctor's office, there was a group of around 6 pregnant women (very pregnant- all at least 6-7 mos. along) smoking outside of the front doors. It was disheartening to see, but you have to learn to bite your tongue in this life.


goodluckwithhat
Yeah, you do that. The police can always use a good laugh when they're dealing with "real" crime.


Sky Q
Yeah, call 911.


silvercharm516
What she is doing may be stupid, but it's not illegal. The police won't be able to do anything about the situation.


Billy Bob
no


mrsd
Technically, though she is endangering her unborn child, it is not abuse or illegal.


Progressives' of today scare me.
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No, but feel free to leave info on pregnant women and what smoking does to her baby.


Leslie S
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Nope, if an adult not against the law in anyplace I know.
You can try your state or county family services to report fetal abuse but that also would depend on the laws of your state.


!dragonfly!
Don't call the police because she is technically not committing a crime. You can (and should) call social services. There is no guarantee they will do anything but you can always try.





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