Here is one of those grey ethical dilemmas covered by the media.

Stacey Anvarinia, a 26-year-old mom in Bizmarck, North Dakota, was arrested for breastfeeding her 6-week-old baby while intoxicated. From the Associated Press:

Police responding to a domestic disturbance arrived at Stacey Anvarinia's home to find the mother breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby in front of them. And she was drunk, they said.

Officers arrested the woman, who later pleaded guilty to child neglect and faces up to five years in prison. Now her case has touched off a debate among moms about breast-feeding, alcohol — and privacy.

Since Anvarinia's arrest, blogs have been abuzz with comments questioning whether breast-feeding mothers could risk criminal charges if they drink even modest amounts. Authorities insist police were right to make the arrest, even if the mother had not been breast-feeding, out of concern for the child's welfare.

"Since when is breast-feeding while drunk a crime?" said Dr. Amy Tuteur, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist in Boston who has been following the case on her Web site, the Skeptical OB.

If the 26-year-old woman had been bottle-feeding her baby, "no one would have bothered to check what was in the bottle," Tuteur said. "You can do a lot more damage by mixing formula wrong."

The article was largely a debate within the medical community as to whether drinking while nursing was so bad that it should be prosecuted as a crime. La Leche League advises women to breastfeed their children only when "completely sober." The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests only limited amount of alcohol while nursing as excessive alcohol can lead to a host of health problems for the baby.

In other words, how much is too much alcohol while nursing? Should Anvarinia have been arrested, MotherTalkers?