One of the original founders of La Leche League resigned from the organization due to the inclusion of men in the organization’s mission.
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In a world where truth is becoming increasingly stranger than fiction, it should perhaps come as no surprise that one of the original founders of La Leche League (LLL) recently resigned from the organization due to, of all things, the inclusion of men in the organization’s mission. In a letter directed to LLL’s senior leadership, Marian Tompson, 94 years old, declared that the group has become “a travesty of my original intent.”
“From an organization with the specific mission of supporting biological women who want to give their babies the best start in life by breastfeeding them,” Tompson went on, “LLL’s focus has subtly shifted to include men who, for whatever reason, want to have the experience of breastfeeding, despite no careful long-term research on male lactation and how that may affect the baby.”
