In a message dated 2/23/2006 9:16:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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Last spring IWF was saying that to inform women that there might be a  risk
to using formula takes away a woman's right to choose formula. Now in  the
Massachusetts case, opponents are saying that the failure to give women  a
free sample of formula takes away women's right to choose formula. Why am  I
having such difficulty seeing the logic of  this?>>>>


I suspect it may be something to  do with that pesky informed consent issue, 
and the issue of availability  -vs- endorsement.
 
your analogy is very enlightening, .....here's a  couple of additional 
analogies: 
 
...to inform people that there might be a risk to  cigarettes/fatty junk 
foods takes away a person's right to choose  cigarettes/fatty junk foods....
 
....the failure to give people a free sample of cigarettes/fatty junk  foods 
takes away a person's right to choose cigarettes/fatty junk  foods....
 
I hear that smoking can increase focus, ...if a doc were to suggest or  
mention that to an ADD pt should the doc also provide info on the  risk of smoking?
 
Is failure to inform parents of the  possible/probable risk of formula 
feeding a failure of informed consent?  ...and should the health care provider who 
writes such an order on a hospital  chart :"may give formula" be held 
responsible for that  failure?
 
Is the practice of routinely  giving/providing/making available/allowing to 
be given formula samples to  new parents an endorsement of formula feeding and 
that product? .... and  should the health care provider who allows that 
practice be  held responsible for that endorsement?
 
Should that cute little girl scout just at my door be required to provide  me 
a list of fatty junk food risks along with my promptly opened boxes of  
Do-Si-Dos and Thin Mints? ...no, because I did not seek her out and pay her  for 
health care and/or health advice.
 



Debbie  Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE


Fairfax County,  Virginia suburbs outside the Washington DC  beltway

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