The NHS wants the medical records of children to show if their mum had as little as a single glass of wine during her first week of pregnancy.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is conducting a consultation which has proposed guidelines for England Wales - already adopted in Scotland.
These would include the mandatory recording of all alcohol consumed by expectant mothers. The recommendation is based on identifying those children at risk of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, which can cause physical and behavioural problems.
But there have been warnings the move may infringe on data privacy rights, with the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) saying it would violate the EU's general data protection
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