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This Perspective argues that breastfeeding statistics should be interpreted primarily as indicators of system performance rather than maternal behaviour. In high\u2010income countries, much early cessation occurs among women who intended to continue breastfeeding but could not obtain timely, effective support. The resulting shortfall therefore reflects constrained choice as much as personal preference. That both the systems framing and the intention\u2010to\u2010cessation indicator already exist in the literature is acknowledged directly: surveillance research has measured the gap, described its risk factors, and mapped its social patterning. Viewed through a quality\u2010and\u2010safety lens, unwanted early cessation has many of the characteristics of a preventable harm. 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