Argument Against Breastfeeding

Does seeing a woman publicly breastfeed her baby bother you? Breastfeeding is a way to provide healthy nourishment to a mother’s child. The milk from a mother’s breast gives her baby antibodies that help the baby not get ill, helps prevent ear infections, and helps the baby grow and develop. Not only does it help the baby it also helps the mother. By breastfeeding the mother is saving money by not buying formula and it helps the mother return to her weight before pregnancy. So why does breastfeeding in public bother people when there is many benefits from it? The answer is that people believe it to be indecent and against the law to expose part of the breast. Women who breastfeed in public should not be ridiculed by society because it is a natural way to take care of a mother’s child.
Majority of the people who are against public breastfeeding say it is against the law to show part of your breast. According to Centers of Disease and Control Prevention “No laws in the United States (U.S.) forbid breastfeeding outside of the home.” Only two states have laws that limit some public breastfeeding, but it is not illegal to breastfeed in public. The problem is that people are not upset because they think it is against the law, but more that they …show more content…
Not only is this inconvenient for the mother, but the breast milk put in the bottle needs to be at the right temperature to give to the infant or child. Breastfeeding also helps the environment out. According to Womenshealth.gov “Formula cans and bottle supplies create more trash and plastic waste.” Why should a mother buy bottle supplies to throw away later? It would be more convenient and more common sense to breastfeed anywhere and anytime, including in public, than to buy bottle supplies just for that moment when a mother needs to feed her baby in