Government Approval For Breastfeeding In Public: Right On
DID anyone know you needed permission from the Government to breastfeed in public? You didn’t? Well, you don’t. At least, one imagines, to breastfeed your own child, if you are a woman.
But to emphasise the point that you can do what comes naturally, the Government is considering giving women the right to breastfeed in public.
Mother Nature makes it possible - the Labour Govenment makes it a civil right.
This from the Sunday Times:
MINISTERS are considering new laws to give women a right to breastfeed their babies in public and take statutory breaks at work to suckle their infants.The move follows research showing that only a minority of new mothers breastfeed their babies for the full six months recommended by the World Health Organisation…
And (try not to gag):
Caroline Flint, the public health minister, has already had a meeting with the coalition, which includes Unicef, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and will address doctors and midwives at the launch of its manifesto on Wednesday.“All the evidence says that ‘nothing is fitter than a breastfed nipper’,” said Flint. “We’ve made good progress over the last 30 years encouraging more and more women to breastfeed. But we cannot be complacent. There are communities where breastfeeding rates remain low, adding to the health inequalities gap. We need to do more to close this and to ensure babies receive the best form of nutrition and to give them the best start in life.”
Ooops! Too late…
May 13th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
Governments should govern - so what is needed are laws to penalise people who prevent mothers and babies breastfeeding! People like ignorant health professionals, perveyors of artificial baby milks, and industrial relations bodies that refuse lactation breaks for women in paid work.
Healthy baby need ONLY breastmilk for the first six months of their lives. Human milk for human babies.
Right On, Anorak!