The latest battle over breast-feeding

This story was featured prominently on the CNN morning news show on Friday. The good news is that NY hospitals are encouraging breast-feeding, but the bad news is that (according to CNN) breast-feeding rates are falling again. Below is a link to the story and an excerpt (I stole this photo from the site).

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/US/story?id=3437398

Aug. 1, 2007
ABC News
More Hospitals Remove Formula From Swag Bags to Encourage Breast-Feeding
Critics Say Mothers Feel Pressured, Low-Income Women Are Short-Changed
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

New York City's hospitals have banned infant formula from their gift bags for new mothers, a policy that they hope will encourage nursing and healthier babies.

The new policy kicked off during World Breast Feeding Week and calls attention to the increasingly acrimonious debate over the feeding of newborns.