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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:87-88.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Wolf et al¹ present a thoughtful case regarding the legal and ethical issues involved in court-ordered prophylaxis to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, there are several errors and omissions to which we would like to refer your readers.

The authors state that " . . . the presence of maternal antibodies makes it difficult to identify these infants at birth in routine clinical practice." In fact, it is still impossible to determine with much accuracy which infants are infected at birth in any setting.² This increases our level of uncertainty about the extent to which HIV transmission occurs through breastfeeding.

Many religions besides Islam place a high value on breastfeeding; however, scriptures, including the Koran, do not dictate it. The Koran states that for those who want to complete the period of breastfeeding, it should last for 2 years.³ Bottle-feeding is in fact rather common . . . [Full Text of this Article]