Nurse-In sounds better than my name for it
Nursing mom files complaint against airlines (Emily Bazar and Sam Hemingway, USA TODAY)
A clash between a nursing mother and a flight attendant has sparked a discrimination complaint, an airline investigation and a grass-roots protest.
Emily Gillette, her husband, Brad; and their then 22-month-old daughter, River, were removed from an Oct. 13 flight from Burlington, Vt., to New York after a flight attendant asked Gillette to cover up while she was breast-feeding the girl.
Freedom Airlines operated the Delta Air Lines flight.
Gillette, 27, filed a complaint against both airlines last week with the Vermont Human Rights Commission alleging that the airlineviolated a state law that allows women to breast-feed "in any place of public accommodation." The airlines have until Nov. 27 to respond, Gillette's attorney, Elizabeth Boepple, says.
In a show of support, about 30 mothers and fathers and dozens of children staged a "nurse-in" protest at Burlington International Airport on Wednesday.
Another Boobiethon! Excellent!
Seriously, what was that flight attendant thinking?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/17/06 16:58 | Other | Technorati
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Yep, way to tick off breastfeeding mothers across the country. That came up at my nursing mothers' group this week, and it was generally agreed that we were all Very Upset Indeed. Thankfully, the discussion stopped short of nurse-ins at the local airport!
Posted by Atlee Breland @ 21:50 on 11/17/06
The post-911 attitude of flight crews is that they are entitled to not be "interfered with" no matter how trivial the matter or how reasonable the "interference." The breastfeeding mother is lucky she didn't end up duct taped to her seat by the other passengers and arrested by Federal Marshals. Like the crazy Air Marshal said in Anger Management, "This is a very difficult time for our country."
Posted by Tom Hanna @ 02:33 on 11/18/06
Let's see here: Option 1 - a partially exposed breast and a nursing infant on a plane; Option 2 - a covered breast and a screaming infant on the same plane. I will take Option 1, please.
Posted by Chito @ 10:03 on 11/20/06
Partially exposed breasts are fine by me. Well, partially fine.
Posted by Matt Bramanti @ 14:45 on 11/22/06
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