Bernie Sanders: Trump Attack on Breastfeeding Resolution Shows White House's "Slavish Devotion to Corporate Profits"
After reporting by the New York Times on Sunday detailed the Trump administration’s attempt to reward infant formula manufacturers by opposing a World Health Assembly resolution that called on nations to “protect, promote, and support breastfeeding” as the healthiest option for children, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the White House’s efforts clearly show its “slavish devotion to corporate profits.”
The Trump administration’s attempts to “water down” the resolution, as well as its threats to withdraw aid from nations that supported it, also provide further evidence of the White House’s “contempt for the health and well-being of Americans and people throughout the world,” Sanders argued.
The resolution was ultimately approved even in the face of U.S. opposition, but the Trump administration successfully stripped out language that called for the World Health Organization to support nations working to crack down on “inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children.”
“We need a government willing to counter misinformation from the baby food and formula industry, not one that caters to it.”
—Dr. Gretchen Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists
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