CDC 'chestfeeding' guidance draws pushback from GOP doctors in Senate

Mother breastfeeding baby in a cafe — A young mother is breastfeeding her baby in a cafe by the window on a sunny day

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.