March 12, 2007 - 3:23pm
from The Evening Standard
Britain’s Food Standards Agency has ordered the makers of infant formula to eliminate claims that their products are nutritionally equivalent to breast milk. Meanwhile, the government is stepping up a campaign to promote breastfeeding for newborns.
I have nursed two babies and support the breastfeeding movement, yet having said that, I may have a problem with stopping the promotion of formula because it undermines breastfeeding. It is clearly a mothers choice whether to nurse her baby and many women face many hours of deliberation for one reason or another.
I don't know if I believe that a goverment should be making those decisions for us? I would welcome some other opinions.