Re the US shortage of baby formula...

Like most 'panics' there are multiple reasons.

One, many women do not work in the fields or at home. It's not always feasible to leave a board meeting to nurse. Or an assembly line. Or waitressing.

By far, most employers do not provide "nurseries" where you can step out to feed.

Yes, there are breast pumps, etc, to stockpile breast milk, but they are usually not free and some people don't have money. Discussing whether they should have procreated when they have no money is a moot point if they already have a baby.

If the working world was more cooperative with nursing mothers, there might not be such alarm.

The world hasn't actually changed much in some ways. Once upon a time, "wet nurses" who were already lactating could be hired to feed a baby. Today it's formula.

And there are few hotter flash points than not being able to feed your baby.

Some women can’t breast feed. I did for only three days, and it was the most beautiful bonding experience, but alas the pain was so bad that I could not sleep, or lay down. Now I look back, I think I should have expressed some milk, but no one told me, and I didn’t know. I was still in the hospital, so you’d think a nurse could have educated me, but this was over 40-years ago, so no internet or pregnancy classes like today.

I thought the formulas were recalled??

If the Republicans are whining something must have cut into a Corporations profit margin. It's the only time Republican Politicians go to work.

Not all babies are able to breastfeed for a number of reasons.

Dang, SO serious. It was meant as a light-hearted joke about SW's favorite topic, boobies.