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Originally Posted by Terrell
So women who don't wish to breastfeed should not be allowed to not breastfeed in your opinion?
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Not quite.
The problem is that we (the United States) don't have a culture where breastfeeding is widely accepted/desirable/easy. Certainly, a majority of the women in the United States breastfeed, but they do face problems in doing so. Pumping and storing breast milk is difficult for women who have to work; that has to be changed. We also need to continue educating pregnant mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding. In tandem with that, we need to reach out more to groups at-risk of not receiving proper prenatal care. If we do these things, I doubt we would have to tell mothers "breastfeed or else."