Political Quotes

“by raising awareness one moment at a time, we can minimize the harm that drinking during pregnancy causes our most vulnerable population--our children. In February of 1999, a small group of parents, raising children afflicted with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, set out to change the world. That small group started an ``online support group'' which quickly became a worldwide grassroots movement to observe September 9 as International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day. Former Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle was instrumental in having the Senate take notice of this important issue. This year for the seventh consecutive year, communities across the Nation are pausing at the hour of 9:09 a.m. to acknowledge this day. Events are occurring in cities and towns not just across the country, but around the world--from Chilliwack, British Columbia to Cape Town, South Africa to Madagascar--families are joining together today to raise awareness of fetal alcohol syndrome disorders or FASD. My State of Alaska will observe this day with solemn events in Anchorage, Juneau, Kenai, and Fairbanks. FASD is an umbrella term that describes a range of physical and mental birth defects that can occur in a fetus when a pregnant woman drinks alcohol. It is a leading cause of nonhereditary mental retardation in the U.S.…”