Carol, I have to disagree with you again because there is a difference
between women who are diagnosed hiv-positive and forced to use formula and
women who are not so-diagnosed but "feel" forced to use formula.  One is
about the power of the State to control a mother's behavior with her infant.
This behavior, breastfeeding, is as powerful, innate as our sexual behavior.
And yes, the Tyson case may seem to the observer that the State "occassional"
forces a mother to not breastfeed.  But it only takes one case like this to
effect many women.  And, I would say that if you see one case, you know that
there are more out there.  A woman who is not diagnosed as hiv-positive may
"feel" forced to use formula. But she does not have the very real threat that
her infant will be taken away from her if  she doe not comply with the wishes
of the State.  Let us remember that the decision in 1985 by the CDC to
discourage breastfeeding was not based on alot of scientific proof.  It was
based on 4 cases, letters not studies written to the Lancet.  Valerie W.
McClain, IBCLC

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