>Family Violence and Breast-feeding, by Louise Acheson, in Arch. Fam. Med. Vol
>4, 1995, pp650-0652
>"A retrospective review of medical records was conducted for 800 pregnancies
>followed up to delivery in one family practice. The review revealed a
>previously unsuspected association between lack of breast-feeding(hyphen
>theirs) and physical and sexual abuse of the woman and/or her children. This
>anecdotal association, not previously reported, is worth studying."


This study did *not* find that lack of breastfeeding LED to physical and
sexual abuse of the woman and/or her children.  It found that in violent
homes, women found it impossible to breastfeed.  A very different association.

Kathy D.
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