Mary,
I agree that there has been a bit of repetition in the discussion on this 
issue however, I do understand that many who have brought up this issue on 
Lactnet are from outside of the US and sometimes it can take a bit of time 
for "foreign" news to filter through and for people to become aware of it 
(just yesterday I had a friend bring it up with me, it was new news to her 
from the weekend). The comment from the judge about breastfeeding not being 
worth considering (my interpretation) because American women return to work 
when their babies are 6 weeks old is a red rag to many of us. Most 
definitely worth of discussion on Lactnet but just a little bit tedious with 
the lag in news to countries outside of the US and with people being nomail 
(I'm guessing that this is a factor). So yes people, please do check the 
archives before posting again on this subject to make sure that it hasn't 
already been said.

As to keeping on topic. Yes, that is important but those of us who have 
interests in the area of child protection and human rights might see 
connections to breastfeeding that others do not (just as many here see 
connections between birth and breastfeeding that those of us who are not 
midwives might not initially see). Those of us with an interest in child 
protection also know that how things are presented by the authorities and in 
the media are not always quite correct and we can do some reading between 
the lines, resulting in us seeing things a little differently (knowing that 
best interests of the child is not what it is always about).

So yes, please do keep on topic but appreciate the diversity of the 
membership and their interests and be forgiving of one another. There is 
always the delete key.

Karleen Gribble
Australia
With listmother hat on



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Jozwiak BS, IBCLC, RLC" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Texas FLDS Cult NEWS FLASH? 5 days old....


This issue has been addressed and answered on Lactnet nearly ad nauseum in
the last week.


This ISN'T mainly a breastfeeding issue. It is a child abuse issue. And out 
of
Lactnet's scope.

THIS is my last word on this subject.

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL
Private Practice

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