Dr. Wright writes:

>The evidence for transmission of HIV by breastmilk is neither nebulous nor
>contradictory.... It is very plain in study after study that transmission
>occurs through breastmilk (as well as other perinatal ways) and that the
>longer you breastfeed, the higher your risk of transmission to the infant. As
>a board member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine who speaks regularly
>with Larry Gartner, Ruth Lawrence, Audrey Naylor, Marianne Neifert, etc.,  I
>know of no-one who thinks otherwise.

I agree with the above-named luminaries.  However, I thought the *argument*
being put forward in the Oregon case was to question the link between HIV
and AIDS.  I think this is a ridiculous claim, also.  I'm just trying to
clarify that the mother and her supporters are saying that even if the baby
gets HIV from the breast milk, there is no good evidence that HIV causes
AIDS, therefore no grounds for her to be accused of harming her child.


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