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Originally Posted by snowy
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.
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This I can agree with. A little discretion should be required, but I think most women wouldn't have a problem with that. I don't think her options should be bathroom or vehicle, when she's in a public place.
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Originally Posted by snowy
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."
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Prenatal care, definitely should be as available as possible, I don't disagree with that. While I think the information should be available for women who want it. I do think that the woman should have the right to say, "no I would rather bottle feed" and have the people who advocate breastfeeding respect her decision, and her right to make it. (That doesn't mean that they have to agree with it, but once the woman has clearly decided "no" then it's time to back off, IMO.)