Part of the problem is that the people who disagree with Marianne and mee, feel that they 
have breastfeeding on the top of their list. They feel a modern breastfeeding mom cannot do 
without a pump and bottles.  They say that marketing bottles by a pump-manufacturer is 
breastfeeding friendly. They feel that bottles are these days associated with breastfeeding 
(are they really??????) 
In short: they think they comply with the spirit of the code, and we disagree...

Heleen
of the Dutch IBFAN group

On 22 Nov 2009 at 8:02, Elizabeth Brooks wrote:

> Marianne, the WHO Code is "merely" a model.
> 
> You can look to the introduction and the preamble of the WHO Code, and
> find language that is strongly pro-BF, and very broad, so that one can
> interpret it many ways. If you dig a little into the legislative
> history of the document, you will find it was created after a LOT of
> battling, and very intense lobbying by the formula manufacturers.  So
> it is by no means a perfect document.  Even if it was, just having
> words on paper somewhere would not enable you -- or anyone -- to go
> "Aha!  See!  It's right there! You have to agree with me and do it my
> way!" The only way the WHO Code has potency is if it is enacted into
> law, in a country that is willing to provide enforcement powers to
> back it up.
> 
> Now -- if you are an effective lobbyist, you can STILL try to
> *persuade* people to agree with your interpretation, because you can
> point to that strong pro-BF language in the Code, and say "Aha!  See! 
> It's right there! That supports my argument that the Code protects the
> process of BF ...[or whatever]."
> 
> -- 
> Liz Brooks JD IBCLC
> Wyndmoor, PA, USA
> 
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