White Gold on the Black Market: The Need for Regulation of Banking and Donation of Human Milk in Australia. Issue 2 (3rd July 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- White Gold on the Black Market: The Need for Regulation of Banking and Donation of Human Milk in Australia. Issue 2 (3rd July 2022)
- Main Title:
- White Gold on the Black Market: The Need for Regulation of Banking and Donation of Human Milk in Australia
- Authors:
- Bhatia, Neera
Koplin, Julian
Spadaro, Ainslee - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Human milk is in increasing demand. The health benefits of human milk for infants are well known. A limited number of formal Australian milk banks provide human milk to premature and sick infants. However, growing numbers of adults and parents from non-traditional families of healthy infants are buying and sharing it from the internet and social media sites for consumption. In Australia, human milk is not legally defined as a tissue or a food. Its donation, exchange, or sale is also unregulated. This is a precarious situation, as unscreened and potentially unsafe human milk is being provided to the most vulnerable members of society – infants. This article calls for human milk to be legally defined, and the current regulatory vacuum to be addressed. We recommend a consistent and uniform network of human milk banking and sharing where the safety of donors and recipients is protected. We argue that this might be achieved by defining human milk as a tissue, undergoing screening and storing practices similar to those currently used for blood donation.
- Is Part Of:
- The Australian feminist law journal. Volume 48:Issue 2(2022)
- Journal:
- The Australian feminist law journal
- Issue:
- Volume 48:Issue 2(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 48, Issue 2 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 48
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0048-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 165
- Page End:
- 192
- Publication Date:
- 2022-07-03
- Subjects:
- Human milk -- milk banks -- sharing -- donation -- social media -- regulation -- law -- ethics
- Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1080/13200968.2022.2138187 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1320-0968
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- Legaldeposit
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