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To: goldworldnet who wrote (13358)	2/26/2006 1:56:36 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 541674

Since formula is quite expensive, and breastfeeding is free, I'd say it's already been factored in- poor women pay a much greater percentage of their income for formula than middle class women, and it's unnecessary for them to do so, in most cases. If the truly impoverished need formula because they are drug addicts they can spend their WICK or foodstamp money on it- but it would be better if poor women were not paying corporate entities for formula (especially when the state/fed is subsidizing it, and it's against state/fed health policy) , when breast milk is free and better for the baby, where we do not have the confluence of drug addiction and pregnancy. If the ban made an exception for those few women who are medically unable to breast feed, I wouldn't have a problem with that- but you don't make public health policy up for the exceptions.

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