Abstract
In recent years, breastfeeding supporters and some feminists have found themselves in deep disagreement about the legitimacy of biomedical evidence suggesting the superiority of breastfeeding to formula feeding. In this article, I examine the ways in which breastfeeding supporters have relied on such scientific evidence not only to convince women to breastfeed but also to build their case for structural supports that will enable women to do so. Such an approach, I argue, is problematic for both normative and strategic reasons. Calling instead for breastfeeding advocacy based on the autonomy of women, I suggest a number of questions for breastfeeding supporters, feminists, and scholars to consider as they begin to build a feminist approach to breastfeeding advocacy.
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