The National Scandal of Newborn Deaths, and Why Support for Breastfeeding Moms Matters

"...some of the recent stories in the news and articles spreading through social media appear to paint quite the opposite picture about breastfeeding—that somehow breastfeeding is potentially dangerous to babies and that the “pressure to breastfeed” is the reason behind some babies getting sick or even, in a handful of cases, dying.

This is misleading and wrong. Many babies get sick and die in the U.S. before their first birthday because as a country we don’t do enough to support mothers to breastfeed and properly care for their children. The reality is that we are failing our nation’s babies because we are failing our nation’s mothers."