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“Babies need not be born
sick,” says Dr. Mary J. Hughes,
• who is crusading on behalf of
a 250,000 infants born sick and
9 deformed annually in the Un
sited States.
1 No new drugs or therapies
; are needed to bring Dr. Hughes’
ndream — well babies for all — to
brealization, she said.
", “We’re not talking about re
search down the road, but about
things we know that need to be
■ applied to save babies.”
A well-informed, well-
zmotivated mother is the first
-istep in Dr. Hughes’ campaign.
-’That starts with every baby
being planned, she said. She
_does not believe in “babies by
■ chance.”
Dr. Hughes is vice president
and director of public health
education for the March of
Dimes Birth Defects Founda
tion, a voluntary health agency
f whose cause last year was sup
ported by more than $80 million
K in contributions.
“Having a baby is not a patho-
Hi f ?, !ogical thing,” Dr. Hughes said.
““It is a physiological event meant
> come out well and not sick.
’ “If we could encourage
^women to better take care of
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Brown said it will take several
redid n such steps, and that during the
^next legislative session, MADD
will be back lobbying for still
tougher laws.
The new laws, Brown said,
have only brought Texas to a
, level where it should have been
at in 1970. Texas is one of six
v states where it is legal to drink
2 and drive, and one of a few
-where the legal drinking age is
under 21, he said,
j, The drinking age and the
L ,allowance of open containers in
pears also were debated in the leg-
•a Wpslature but no changes in the
ed.lfi present laws were passed.
t However, Brown has faith
.that the new laws will be en
forced. “Another reason they
will be enforced is that we
i(MADD) will be watching,” he
trial li i , _. , ..
Local attorney Tyler Moore
says the laws will result in more
DWI cases going to trial with
'fewer people trying to receive
'probation.
The major topics of the new
laws are:
• The definition of intoxica
tion was changed from a pre
sumption of intoxication to per
se intoxication for a blood alco
hol concentration of. 10 or grea
ter. Previously, if a defendant’s
,blood alcohol concentration was
3 .10, it was up to the jury to de
cide whether he was intoxicated.
• Deferred adjudication is no
longer applicable to persons
charged with DWI or DWI in-
!y, voluntary manslaugter.
ltn ™ • Refusal to take an intoxilyz-
er or blood or breath specimen
to determine alcohol concentra
tion will result in a mandatory 90
day suspension of offender’s
her tl* driver’s license. The refusal is
Admissible in later criminal ac
tion against the offender.
• Punishment for a first
bffense is a $100 to $2,000 fine
imd 72 hours to two years in jail.
second offense is punishable
vith a $300 to $2,000 fine and 15
days to two years in jail. Third
find following offenses are pun-
shable with a $500 to $2,000
jfine and 30 days to two years in
he county jail or 60 days to five
’ears in the state penitentiary.
• If serious bodily injury is
| aused by DWI, the minimum
ail term is increased by 60 days
md the minimum and max-
mum fines by $500.
• Even if the punishment is
irobated, ajail term is required
or all but first offenders. For a
econd offense the term is 72
lours in jail. After the second
iffense the term is 10 days in jail.
The term for a DWI involving
erious bodily injury is 30 days in
iil, and for a DWI involuntary
nanslaughter it is 120 days in
»il.
• Counties with a population
f 25,000 or more are required
o purchase videotape equip-
rent to record DWI arrestees,
he tapes are admissible in
ourt as evidence. Failure to
ideo record an individual also is
dmissible at trial.
•A district attorney is allowed
o petition for forfeiture of a
«hicle from a person who re-
eived a DWI while on proba-
ion for DWI involuntary man-
laughter, or from a person who
ets a fourth DWI related
iffense.
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• A three year insurance pre-
lium surcharge may be asses-
:d against DWI offenders. An
iditional three year surcharge
lay be assessed upon each sub-
uent conviction.
their unborn babies we would
significantly reduce the number
of sick babies born in our
country.
“We’re not talking about re
search findings to come, but ab
out what is possible right here
and now from what we know.
The health educator said said
fewer sick babies would be born
if mothers-to-be would also:
• Get into care the minute
they know they are pregnant.
• Stop over-the-counter drugs,
smoking and drinking.
• Join an exercise program.
• Sign-up for childbirth educa
tion classes.
Dr. Hughes said women who
need assistance following the
advice should contact the local
March of Dimes for information
about the location of childbirth
and exercise programs in their
communities.
“It’s a trend, a trend sup-
ported by the Foundation, that
hospitals now are expanding ex
ercise and childbirth classes
along with prenatal clinics,” she
said.
“When you think of the ex
pansion of medical science rela
tive to the unborn baby, it is fan
tastic. We can look at the baby in
the womb. We can monitor the
fetus. We can perform surgery
on babies in the womb. It blows
your mind.”
Some causes of birth defects,
cited by Dr. Hughes and the
Foundation include:
• A child may be born with
defects because of a virus infec
tion of the mbther during pre
gnancy. Rubella is an example,
and immunization is the way to
prevent such defects.
• Birth defects may be caused by
a mother’s exposure during pre
gnancy to excessive amounts of
alcohol, lead or drugs. Smoking
also is a known hazard.
• Defects may be due to a disease
of the mother-to-be. Diabetic
mothers-to-be require special
monitoring throughout pre
gnancy to help assure the birth
of a well child.
• A baby may inherit abnormal
genes or chromosomes from
either parent and be born with
heart, brain, kidney, blood or
metabolic abnormalities.
Genetic services now are
available at more than 100 cen
ters in the United States, estab
lished in most cases with start-up
support from the March of
Dimes. The services include a
wide range of specialized di
agnostic procedures, as well as
the expertise to translate find
ings into a basis for informed
decisions by prospective parents
and individuals at risk for birth
defects.
United Press International
BROWNSVILLE — Three
men were arraigned Monday on
charges that they beat and rob
bed a member of the Marshall
Tucker Band’s road crew on the
beach at South Padre Island.
Clyde Wilson of Key Bis-
cayne, Fla., who said he was in
town with the band to record an
album, told police he was
beaten, robbed of $ 186 and left
bleeding from the mouth at
Andy Bowie Park last Saturday
evening.
Michael Dane Tanner, 21,
Lee Boone, 22 and William
Wayne Witt, 22, all of Harling
en, were brought Monday be
fore Justice of the Peace Alex
Perez who set bond at $7,500
each.
Wilson told officers he met
the trio in Harlingen and was
going to hire them to work with
the country rock band.
The three men drove Wilson
to the island at about 5 p.m.
Saturday, he told investigators.
“Wilson said that during the
drive, the three men started
asking for their pay in advance
for a job that was to be done
today,” Cameron County sher
iff’s investigator Ronald K.
Saenz reported.
Wilson said he refused, the
trio allegedly stopped the car on
the beach, beat his face, took his
wallet, money, birth certificate
and credit cards, and then drove
away.
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