La Leche League Official Resigns Amid New Policy Allowing Men, Transgender Women To Learn How To Breastfeed Babies Themselves

She says she refuses to help transgender women ‘perform a poor imitation of breastfeeding.’

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La Leche in Great Britain is allowing men and transgender women to take classes to learn how to breastfeed babies. Diana Bagnoli/Getty Images

A top executive with the prominent global breastfeeding charity La Leche League has resigned, she said, over a new “inclusivity policy” that allows men and transgender women to attend classes to learn how to dry nurse babies, risking their healthy development.

A trustee and Director of Public Relations for La Leche League GB, Miriam Main, left the organization Monday, citing apprehensions toward the new policy, according to the Times of London.

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