ABM Press Room

Welcome to ABM's press room! Members of the press may contact the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine at [email protected] with media inquiries. Please include your contact information, topic, questions, and publishing deadline.

ABM has issued dozens of resources on core topics related to breastfeeding medicine that serve the broader purpose of promoting, protecting, and supporting the importance of breastfeeding worldwide. Check back periodically, as these statements and press releases may be updated to reflect new findings and the views of our members.

Press Releases

September 16, 2024: Breastfeeding in Emergency Situations

August 27, 2024: Clinical Protocol #19, "Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Period"

March 22, 2024: Paid Maternity Leave — Importance to Society, Breastfeeding, and Sustainable Development

February 2021: COVID-Infected Mothers Separated from Their Babies Affects Breastfeeding Outcomes

January 2021: Promotion Breastfeeding-Friendly Physicians' Offices

Organizational Statements

May 16, 2022: Shortage of Infant Formula

December 1, 2021: World AIDS Day (Joint Statement with WABA)

March 2021: Attacks on AAPI Community

December 14, 2020: Consideration for COVID-19 Vaccination in Lactation

March 10, 2020: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

2020: Health Equity 


ABM Members in the News

March 9, 2024: Call to end sponsorship from commercial milk formula companies 


Press Inquiries

ABM Executive Director: Nicole Wallace, MBA
[email protected]
847.375.4726