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When clicking on this claim, I realized that this person did not provide a source or evidence to back up their statement. With that being said, I decided to research this topic and found evidence that disproves their opinion. I looked at this NIH article that states that caffeine does not have a link to causing deformities within children, however, it may be linked to a decrease in height.

https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/103122-caffeine-consumption-pregnancy
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First of all, no evidence to this claim does NOT help anyone in this situation. Second of all, it's not that drinking caffeine as a whole will resort to deformity- it's not just a cause and effect. There has been research done to prove that yes, caffeine can affect the baby, but not until the mother reaches a certain intake of caffeine a day.  Even then, if the deformities are there, researchers do not have enough credible evidence to prove that caffeine is immensely dangerous.

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 https://www.nichd.nih.gov/newsroom/news/103122-caffeine-consumption-pregnancy

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1. Summary of Findings

This claim is false because there is no scientific data linking caffeine to birth defects.
2. Primary sources
National Institute of Health
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