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To: epicure who wrote (13394)	2/27/2006 11:52:38 AM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) of 541540

Of course you want to dictate. It's your belief that hospitals have a "duty" to tell new mothers that they must breast feed. Your underlying assumption is also that new mothers are too stupid to make their own decisions such that they might be influenced by what you call the hospital's tacit approval of formula. I find that way of thinking particularly illustrative of the left's paternalistic and rather elitist attitude about matters of choice. Your reference to abortion is the natural bounce back position for those seeking to control other choices across the board. I've never said I don't favor choice on the abortion issues. OTOH, you've taken a very specific position against choice in the hospital setting. Although you revamp it as a hospital duty issue, and decry use of hospitals as marketing arms, the bottom line is the same. You think hospitals should only encourage breast feeding and should not mention formula, regardless of whether a mother has to promptly return to work, etc. That's your opinion. Even if medical science indicates that breast feeding is best for babies, there is no law against formula. You just don't like the formula choice.

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