House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability - Perth, WA (part 2 of 2)
14 April 2026
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House Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Disability Australian Parliament
00:00 - 00:09
Speaker 30
And then when you find you're pregnant, you stop, but maybe there's been some damage done. Can you comment on those? Are those the three... Am I missing something there, or are those the three scenarios?
00:09 - 00:17
Speaker 15
Yes. You... You're absolutely right. First of all, people drink because they don't know they're pregnant. And most women will stop once they're pregnant
00:17 - 00:18
Okay.
00:18 - 00:37
Speaker 15
Unless they are alcohol dependent. And they can't then just stop. So we can't pretend that giving them advice or even information about harms will help them stop drinking. We've really got to provide specialist support. And my contention is really that support should be provided much earlier before they even become pregnant.
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