Mika Minio-Paluello – a former Labour special adviser – was seen during Wednesday night’s News At Ten doing the washing up while she spoke of how the soaring water bills.
Gender critical campaigners today criticised a trans woman activist after she (sic) posted an image of her (sic) breastfeeding on a bus.
Mika Minio-Paluello – a former Labour special adviser – was seen during Wednesday night’s News At Ten programme doing the washing up while she (sic) spoke of how the soaring water bills were ‘tough if you’re a mum’.
Afterwards, Ms Minio-Paluello, who was born male, complained about viewers ‘obsessing’ over a breast pump that could be seen in the footage and said it belonged to a housemate. She (sic) added that ‘trans women can breastfeed’ before sharing a photo of herself (sic) doing so on a bus.
Trans women can make themselves lactate by taking a combination of medicines that tricks the body into making milk. In 2018, a 30-year-old transgender woman became the first officially recorded to breastfeed her baby and was able to produce 227 grams of milk a day.
Trans women can make themselves lactate by taking a combination of medicines called the Newman-Goldfarb protocol. It was originally developed for biological women who adopted or had a child via surrogacy and wanted to breastfeed.
However, the regimen is not completely risk free. The drug can pass into breast milk in small amounts and can sometimes give babies an irregular heartbeat as a result.
Experts have urged caution about transwomen using the Newman-Goldfarb protocol to lactate. They have warned that long-term health implications from using the treatment, for both adult and baby, are unknown.
There are also very few studies and no scientific consensus about the nutritional quality of the breastmilk produced.
Source: Gender-critical campaigners slam trans woman activist over breastfeeding photo | Daily Mail Online