Opinion by Alyssa Rosenberg: Last year, Congress rushed to advance short-term fixes to the shortage. But lawmakers have yet to tackle the extreme concentration of the formula market, and regulators’ inability to safeguard the U.S. formula supply.
There was bipartisan outrage over the shortage but little bipartisan action.Particularly reprehensible,: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s suggestion that formula be taken from migrant babies being held in federal detention and then given to American children.
The formula crisis was devastating for mothers, who were forced to make difficult decisions over how to feed their children. But the shortage also affected men, Rosenberg . “Feeding a baby is a family responsibility,” she wrote. “The men who are speaking out about formula have demonstrated that.”to answer questions about the formula shortage, such as whether it’s safe to use homemade formula or share breast milk.a visual column
, using her own breastfeeding data to lay out the enormous financial and labor costs of nursing and pumping. In February, Abbott Nutrition temporarily shuttered its Sturgis, Mich., facility after the Food and Drug Administration discovered bacteria in the plant.
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