Is it fair to ban shots of Piri Weepu bottle-feeding his baby?

8:58 AM Sunday Feb 5, 2012

Piri Weepu fed baby Taylor a bottle in an anti-smoking advert. Photo / Supplied

Piri Weepu has defended his decision to bottlefeed his daughter after footage of the All Black bottle-feeding her was cut from an anti-smoking advertisement.

The Press Council has issued a ruling on aspects of this story

The two-second glimpse of the Rugby World Cup star feeding his 6-month-old daughter Taylor was removed following concerns from pro-breastfeeding organisations the high-profile of Weepu would sway people away from breastfeeding their children.

Weepu told 3News his baby is allergic to dairy, one of the reasons why she is bottlefed.

Debate on this issue is now closed. Here is a selection of Your Views:

trotski () | 09:16AM Sunday, 05 Feb 2012

There is no reason why this should have been pulled. It's a normal loving thing for a father to do. PC gone mad.

Mark72 (New Zealand) | 09:16AM Sunday, 05 Feb 2012

Why can't a father be shown feeding his daughter. I fed both our sons milk that my wife expressed and it was a wonderful bonding time.

Breast is not always best and when our second son failed to thrive, it took us far too long to turn to formula because of the propaganda put out by these groups.

After putting on 80 grams in a month on breast milk, he put on 2kg in 5 weeks because we supplemented with formula.

La Leche, butt out, you're a self appointed group who are blinded by your ideology

John Maxwell () | 09:16AM Sunday, 05 Feb 2012

Society needs BOTH parents involved in raising children.