CDC ‘chestfeeding’ guidance draws pushback from GOP doctors in Senate

Sens. Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) sent a letter on Tuesday to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Mandy Cohen regarding her agency’s recent guidance on so-called “chestfeeding.”

The two senators in leadership positions on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee referenced the recent health equity guidance from the CDC to use “non-stigmatizing, bias-free language,” such as “pregnant person” and “lactating person,” to include transgender people.