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I think the way my chapter did it back in the day is a good medium..
We wouldn't kick a woman out for becoming pregnant, but we would ask her to go alum or inactive (depending on if she was planning to keep the child or give it up). I know to some of you that means the same thing but we had very involved alumnae so it would work. Our perspective on it was that she is moving on to another partof her life and would need time and money to focus on a child rather than her sorority commitments. She would still be able to have a supportive community of sisters and still wear our letters and claim affiliation, but would be able to devote herself to raising a child (if she chose). A pregnancy is a very tough experience (especially unwed) and a member doesn't need to be thinking about paying dues or attending all kinds of mandatory events during it.
As for behavior.... We signed a code of ethics stating that we would follow all sorority rules & state and national laws or we could be held accountable by our chapter-- Last time I checked, drugs are still illegal and I'm pretty sure every chapter should have a blanket no tolerance rule on that.
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