Women aged 18-50 are urged to stop drinking alcohol as suggested in a draft global alcohol action plan for 2022-2030 by World Health Organization (WHO).

The plan claims that drinking alcohol harms the unborn baby.

WHO suggested that all women of childbearing age should effectively stay away from drinking alcohol regardless of their family plans.

Taken as ‘unscientific guidance’, however, the UN global health agency has said alcoholic drink should be avoided among all those of ‘childbearing age’.

“The prevention of the initiation of drinking among children and adolescents, prevention of drinking among pregnant women and women of childbearing age.” the plan reads in a part

It is believed that reproductive age, according to the WHO, ranges from 15 to 50-years-old.