OK:
So how well do we do? About as badly as a developed nation can. In a
recent survey of 16 European countries, the UK comes second to last,
beating only Belgium. When our babies are six months old, just 21%
receive any breastmilk, while in Norway the rate is 80%; 24% of British
babies never taste breastmilk at all – in Norway it’s 2%. Remember this
next time someone tells you that the rate can’t be increased because
lots of women can’t produce milk. The constraint is not biological but
political. The Norwegian government has passed laws that make
breastfeeding as easy as possible: all women are entitled to a year’s
maternity leave on 80% pay, and state employees are given special
breastfeeding breaks.
And British women get 39 weeks maternity leave at 90% (with a cap) of their pay. So your point is?
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