An article has been published in a pediatric journal to discourage the world from calling breast feeding "natural" though we all know it is natural and healthy and the highest and best for newborns in every way including immunity for the baby. Breast feeding was one of the highlights of my life, not only doing the best for my children but the bonding, nurturing and spiritual communion between baby and mother cannot be replaced by science. Our natural knowing is being assaulted; our health sold to the highest bidder; our God-given Sovereign birthright and freedom given to us by our Creator of heaven and earth is being chipped away. Enough is enough! We do not give consent nor participate in any of our God-given freedoms and rights being taken away in America, for we are "one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all!"
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Unintended Consequences of Invoking the “Natural” in Breastfeeding PromotionJessica Martucci, Anne Barnhill
"Medical and public health organizations recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed for at least 6 months. This recommendation is based on evidence of health benefits for mothers and babies, as well as developmental benefits for babies. A spate of recent work challenges the extent of these benefits, and ethical criticism of breastfeeding promotion as stigmatizing is also growing.1 Building on this critical work, we are concerned about breastfeeding promotion that praises breastfeeding as the “natural” way to feed infants. This messaging plays into a powerful perspective that “natural” approaches to health are better, a view examined in a recent report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.2 Promoting breastfeeding as “natural” may be ethically problematic, and, even more troublingly, it may bolster this belief that “natural” approaches are presumptively healthier. This may ultimately challenge public health’s aims in other contexts, particularly childhood vaccination.The measles outbreak of 2014–2015 sparked intense, condemnatory discussion of vaccine refusal. This public discussion often emphasized that some in the antivaccine camp believe that vaccines cause autism or contain harmful levels of toxins and impurities. Beneath the concern of many Americans over vaccine safety, a specific …"
Address correspondence to Anne Barnhill, PhD, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Blockley Hall 14th Floor, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4865. E-mail: [email protected]
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2016/03/02/peds.2015-4154?sso=1&sso_redirect_count=1&nfstatus=401&nftoken=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&nfstatusdescription=ERROR%3a+No+local+token:
Unintended Consequences of Invoking the “Natural” in Breastfeeding PromotionJessica Martucci, Anne Barnhill
"Medical and public health organizations recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed for at least 6 months. This recommendation is based on evidence of health benefits for mothers and babies, as well as developmental benefits for babies. A spate of recent work challenges the extent of these benefits, and ethical criticism of breastfeeding promotion as stigmatizing is also growing.1 Building on this critical work, we are concerned about breastfeeding promotion that praises breastfeeding as the “natural” way to feed infants. This messaging plays into a powerful perspective that “natural” approaches to health are better, a view examined in a recent report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.2 Promoting breastfeeding as “natural” may be ethically problematic, and, even more troublingly, it may bolster this belief that “natural” approaches are presumptively healthier. This may ultimately challenge public health’s aims in other contexts, particularly childhood vaccination.The measles outbreak of 2014–2015 sparked intense, condemnatory discussion of vaccine refusal. This public discussion often emphasized that some in the antivaccine camp believe that vaccines cause autism or contain harmful levels of toxins and impurities. Beneath the concern of many Americans over vaccine safety, a specific …"
Address correspondence to Anne Barnhill, PhD, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Blockley Hall 14th Floor, 423 Guardian Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4865. E-mail: [email protected]
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