Well, it is the Breastfeeding Association - not the formula feeding association - what do people expect from them??? My Aunt-inlaw was livid that her DIL could not get formula feeding advice from the ABA, once again what did she expect.

Poor form really to bag the Breastfeeding Association (sorry can't tell if she was referring to the actual ABA). If the hosptial does not want to become a breastfeeding friendly hospital, then don't. If the midwives don't support it, then say so. Acting all sheepish about it helps no-one and just undermines the whole process. Really, it is just two signatures, why make an issue if it?
Um yeah I agree. I dislike the notion that there is no support for FF mothers. An no, this is not an us vs them post. But really. You have medical professionals pushing and recommending formula left right and centre, isles of it in supermarkets, chemists and servos, mass media depicting formula as the total norm. I've always said this and I'll say it again. There should be some sort of group akin to the ABA for formula feeding, a group that provides correct, accurate and up to date information about formula feeding practices and guidelines where parents can get their questions answered reliably and without judgement. Absolutely, that should exist. But not from the ABA, the Australian *Breastfeeding* Association. That's just my two bob. I don't really like the article myself, it's really just an old (and pretty safe) sentiment being rehashed a little.