Problem: Read the following passage and answer question below: The healthcare system may not always be supportive of a woman's childbirth plans, according to Joyce Gardner, "hospital policies and practices including nurseries, pacifiers, glucose water and feeding schedules actually hinder breastfeeding" (311). Hospitals often separate newborns from their mothers, placing them in nurseries, which contributes to "woefully low rates of breastfeeding." It should also be noted that if a woman is uneducated in regards to the scientific evidence that exists in favor of breastfeeding, she may never question whether such practices as listed above are necessary. Ultimately, recognizing these messages and replacing the negative with the positive will increase breastfeeding rates in the United States.
Which of the following sentences is a strong thesis statement for a paper on the topics discussed in the passage above?
- Improving breastfeeding education and increasing healthcare support for breastfeeding will increase breastfeeding rates in the United States.
- Breastfeeding rates need to increase in the United States.
- The healthcare system needs to change to improve child development.
- Mothers should avoid breastfeeding their children since the healthcare system does not support breastfeeding.