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"Further, the man can't stop the woman from smoking/drinking if she wants to, no matter how much he wants her to cut it out. You can't hold him responsible for the actions of his spouse." - The man can stop her if he really gives a damn about his unborn kid. Relationships tend to work out very well through communication. If he cares less and doesn't give a damn he may be held accountable along with his spouse. The courts will always ask the man whether or not if he tried seeking aid for his spouse. If he admits he didn't and was too lazy too, he gets burned.
"I think we should just throw her in jail for being a careless piece of shit, and then take a chunk out of her paycheck and give it to the victim. This is just compensation. Its what the woman gets for fucking up the kids' life, and its what the kid *should* get to compensate (at least in part) for its life being so seriously fucked up." - The kid's life won't so fucked up if laws are more generated towards treatment instead of punishment. With counseling and medical aid, it'll help the woman get off her addiction, and thus, her kid won't be really harmed by it.
"Sure. But if the baby comes out deformed due to her drug useage, I expect her to pay compensation, and a good deal of it." - The baby wouldn't come out deformed/afflicted if the woman addicted to drugs receives the proper treatment and counseling during pregnancy. If the woman really doesn't give and damn, and is just a lazy, careless person, and does it intentionally, then she may be thrown into prison for all I care.