I'll be on the radio tonight in a different capacity: as guest, rather 
than interviewer. The call-in portion of the news will deal with the 
issue of Miss California's breast implants.

Issues include: mission statement of Miss California Pageant supporting 
physical fitness; requirement of Miss California to be young, unmarried, 
and childless; mandate from pageant officials to get implants; implants 
purchased by pageant officials "for" Miss California; the putative 
reason for implants being confidence and self-esteem; and the 
considerations of intentionally damaging a body part which is assumed to 
be functional, with implications for the health and well-being of this 
woman and all her future children over their lifetimes.

Send me any other thoughts you may have.

Yours,
Arly Helm, MS, IBCLC

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