MonaShoresBreastfeeding

Mona Shores – 1ac

I Problem with breastfeeding promotion is lack of funding, current wic program doesn’t solve B artick 5/09 – nursinglink.com/news

Still gaps for impoverished babies Galson 09 – Public Health Reports Vol 124 – May-June 09

Us lags behind standards in breastfeeding Bartick 09

Plan The USFG through the DHHs should increase SS for PLIP by 1. Increasing funding to the US Breastfeeding Committee, specifically directed to the WIC breastfeeding promotion program for peer counseling and training for health care professionals 2. Signing the WHO/UNICEF Ethics Code on the restriction of formula marketing

AD 1 – health

Millions of kids die yearly from lack of BF US coalition for child curvival Child-survival.org

1m formula deaths yearly (they try to claim 1m/round) Ebrahim – 82 American Anthropology Association “an estimated one million infants die each year due to causes related directly or indirectly to artificial feeding…”

Breast feeding solves health problems for mother and baby Bartick 09

Breast feeding key to survival Labbok and Taylor 08 – US Breastfeeding Committee “Achieving Exclusive Breastfeeding in the US”

Bf soon after child birth will save many Mulikelela – 07 – allafrica.com - “breastfeeding – saving one million babies”

Moral obligation to breast feeding Galson 09 - above

Ad 2 – patriarchy

Pat dom’s women Jill Steans – 98 Gender and International Relations p51

Patriarchy is the root of all violence – hooks 09 The will to Change – p26-27

Pat is root of all war Reardon 93 – Women and Peace: Feminist Visions of Global Security p30-32

Power and pat kills freedom of women – Ratterman 87 – Off Our Backs v 17 iss 6 p 19

Bf purest form of feminism Liotus 96 – More than milk – new beginnings v 13 p 36-39

K2 forming feminism coalitions Vanesterik 2006 – parentingweb.com “breastfeeding: a feminist issue”

S – Peer counseling k2 BF Reuters 08 – nursinglink.com “Factors affecting breastfeeding rates. Nursing news”

w/o signing who code no BF Greiner 00 Mami.org/congresso/code.pdf

--- No discourse impact – just BF k2 feminism

2ac a2 states states condo bad pics bad 50 state fiat bad Neg fiat bad

Calif economy U – Ahnald cutting now L – Forces Ahnald to Flip flop IL – Dems on Ahnalds side to help with econ now – k2 solving IL – Calif k2 US economy ! – Bearden 00

State leadership inefficient

Turn – fed k2 antipoverty movements