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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the AAP. They’re advocating for universal healthcare, support for parents the workplace and real maternity leave. This is not about shaming the individual mother against formula, but rather shaming this country into providing decent healthcare and companies into providing decent leave policies.

https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2022/american-academy-of-pediatrics-calls-for-more-support-for-breastfeeding-mothers-within-updated-policy-recommendations/[/quote]

The underlying premise is an assumption that if only we offered these things women would WANT to breastfeed. Many simply do not, and do so only for the purported health benefits (which are marginal, at best).

I find it incredibly problematic to tie parental leave (I am NOT supportive of leave only for birthing parents) to breastfeeding. That is not the only reason, or even the primary reason, why parental leave is needed. The AAP is trying to pass off its lactivism as support for maternity leave. These things should not be conflated and doing so is harmful to women and families. If they have a recommendation about breastfeeding based on science, they should offer it, and SEPARATELY, if they have a recommendation about parental leave, they should offer that.[/quote]

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