It appears as though the Facebook’s breast feeding controversy won’t go away. Today a statement was released by “The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine”, an organization that I wasn’t aware of until today. According to a press release from this afternoon, Facebook’s current policy “perpetuates the notion that breastfeeding is an unseemly bodily function best kept from public viewing, a misguided and antiquated concept that has no place in contemporary society. It further perpetuates the idea that formula feeding is normative when breastfeeding is, and should be considered, normative infant and young child feeding.”



For those that were also unaware of what the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is, it is a “wordlwide organization of physicians dedicated to the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and human lactation through education, research, and advocacy.” So will Facebook break down and decide to allow breast feeding photos on the site?

Given all the publicity that the site has received for banning the photos, I doubt they’ll be dropping the ban anytime soon. There has now been months of coverage resulting from a ban which took place more than one year ago. Fortunately there haven’t been any violent protests by lactating mothers from around the world. At this rate we could easily see some large protests given all the buzz that has resulted from Facebook’s ban.

For now there are no updates in the breast feeding battle but we will most definitely keep you up to date on any new revelations in the battle to post photos of nude breasts during the act of breast feeding. If you are interested in learning more about the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and their mission to expand the “knowledge in breastfeeding science and human lactation”, you can check out the organization’s website.