Dear Ms. Lara, I'm certain that you have received more that a few missives about your article. Thank you for raising the topic. If in fact there are rude unintelligent people verbally abusing mothers who bottlefeed their babies in public, they deserve all of our scorn. This must a very rare occurrence and barely merits mention. There are fools of all stripes wandering the streets. I fear that this oversimplifies the matter and shifts the discussion away from the real issue of why so many women get less support than they need in their efforts to nurse their babies. The data about decreased infants' health and increased mortality are solid and not the subject of medical debate. Infants get sick and die because doctors, hospital staff and others do not help mothers learn to breastfeed well Might I suggest that you have a look at the complicated financial relationships among the manufacturers of infant formula and the doctors and administrators who run your area's hospitals. A Pulitzer could be yours. Best, Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC *********************************************** 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