Judge Says Breastfeeding Causes Abuse

Since we wouldn’t want anyone to be abused…

Attorneys for the [mothers of the children taken in the raid of the FLDS compound in Texas] asked the judge to consider letting nursing mothers remain with their children after negotiations with CPS on the issue stalled. They asked the judge to let the mothers stay until DNA results are in, likely to take up to 40 days. 

Walther acknowledged the nutritional and bonding benefits of breast-feeding.

 “But every day in this country, we have mothers who go back to work after six weeks of maternity leave,” she said. 

“The court has made a determination that the environment those children were in was not safe,” said Walther, adding that there is a shortage of suitable placements for infants in Texas.
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Shari Pulliam, a spokeswoman for CPS, said the agency plans to proceed with plans to send the women home.

“We don’t place adult women in foster care,” she said. “Our main thing is to protect children from abuse and neglect.”
Salt Lake City Tribune

Update:

Infants taken into custody during a raid on a polygamous sect’s west Texas ranch get mother’s milk, after all. 

The judge overseeing the cases of more than 400 FLDS children said Wednesday in a status hearing that the adult mothers of infants age 12 months and under should remain with their babies in the state’s care.
Salt Lake City Tribune