With formula, on the shelves, and advertised EVERYWHERE its just made it far too easy (aka tempting) for women to stop BF their babies and go to formula....... had it been on prescription (as example)..... perhaps those women would still be BF their baby today?

As for the above paragraph i've written, YES I completely agree for some women to BF their babies is simply not possible due to medical or emotional reasons, I respect that. I'm talking about the 'majority' (or 'others') whom stop BF their babies before 6mths who could have otherwise continued as nothing was wrong. They just "got tired of it" for example.

JMO.
Just a thought. If I hadn't been able to buy formula for my babies, then I would never have been able to let them leave my side until they were old enough for cows milk. I breast fed all three of mine until they where ready to wean. But a couple of nights a week DH would give them a bottle while I went to work. When they were newborns I would express, but I have found that I am physically unable to express enough milk after about three months - despite having no supply issues and biibs that are FULL of milk. So I wouldn't have been able to leave my baby's side for more then 2 hrs at a time (which is about the longest any of them would go between feeds until about a year old). How fair is that?

I know I am not alone on this, many mothers combine formula and breastfeeding for many reasons.