30 Dec 2018

Insight: Foetal alcohol - damaging babies' brains

From The Weekend , 9:30 am on 30 December 2018
Generic pregnant woman drinking alcohol.

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King

It's thought there could be several thousand New Zealand babies born every year with brains damaged in the womb by alcohol after their mothers drank while pregnant. Insight investigates what is being done for those coping with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.