The link posted took me to a short rebuttal of the article (but it wasn't difficult to use the link at the bottom to see the abstract). It was interesting that the pediatrician who is objecting parental choice describes formula feeding as such: " As a pediatrician, my patient is the infant. I cannot allow the possible cultural and social discomfort of an adult to justify putting an infant at risk for an incurable, lethal viral infection. When a safe, risk-free alternative exists (formula feeding), no-risk exposure to an infant is acceptable. How could you justify the risk-benefit ratio favoring the mother in this circumstance? My ethics and training force me to favor the infant and I would be obligated to ask the courts to intervene." a "safe, risk-free alternative" This man is not only a doctor, but a pediatrician. Michelle DePesa *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html