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Jimbo
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Jimbo asked in Food & DrinkVegetarian & Vegan · 1 decade ago

are vegans against breastfeeding?

If milk is wrong because it comes from an animal then does that mean that a vegan mother won't breastfeed?

Update:

David, you're a douchebag

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Troll.

    An unweaned human drinking mothers milk is natural. An adult human who does not need milk drinking the lactic fluid of another species is disgusting. You obviously don't have the intelligence to discern the difference

  • The "milk is wrong" that you're speaking of would be cow's milk or goat's milk, etc. because it is obtained in a cruel way. Not to mention that it is also completely unnatural & pretty disgusting. No one needs milk past infancy, and humans are the only idiots on the planet who do this, *and* drink the milk of another animal. I shudder to think how that actually started. Some guy just standing around and decided to suck on a cow's teat? Ew. :)

    Veganism is about avoiding the exploitation of any sentient being as much as possible. Breast feeding is a choice. The baby isn't exploiting the mom for her milk. The mom chose to breast feed because it's the most healthy & natural thing for her child. I'm sure there are probably some vegans who are against breast feeding, but not because it isn't vegan, just for the same crazy reasons anyone else would be against it. Or, maybe some are not actually against it, but perhaps the baby wouldn't or was taking too long to accept the breast. That's not uncommon.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No.

    Breast-feeding, whether done by a human or any other animal, is natural and very important for the infant's health.

    Imprisoning an animal to steal milk that should be for it's own young is wrong and unnatural.

    Anyway, a vegan mother is willingly giving her milk to her baby. A major issue with vegans may be that animals have no say in what we take from them and why.

    Another point to consider is that humans stop breastfeeding generally within a year or so of birth. Just to rely so heavily on the milk from another animal when we don't need it. No other animal does this...

    Source(s): Vegetarian.
  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Vegans And Breastfeeding

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  • 1 decade ago

    The idea is that it's wrong to harvest milk from animals for human consumption. Particularly when it's done in in humane conditions at factory farms. Natural breast-feeding whether cow, human or what have you is a different thing.

  • 1 decade ago

    Vegan mothers will breastfeed with their own milk. That is natural and mother's milk does not come from animals so that is ok.

    Source(s): vegan
  • 1 decade ago

    Milk is wrong because it's taken from a cow who would normally use it to feed her calf. Using your milk to feed your baby isn't an issue. You give it freely. Humans aren't exploited, or confined, or drugged to up their production. It's not a difficult distinction.

  • 1 decade ago

    Vegans are against animal byproducts.

    Technically, humans are "animals", however I don't think breastfeeding counts toward that.

    The reason some people choose veganism is because they view it is wrong to raise animals for the sole purpose of using them in some way.

    Wow. Long story short.

    No.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Mammals breast feed. humans are mammals. Vegans are against all forms of animal abuse. A mom feeding her own baby isn't animal abuse, until the brat starts cutting teeth anyway :)

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    No, A human mother should feed her baby her breast milk. that is what it is for and does not involve any animal exploitation.

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