HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Four women were arrested while protesting a hospital's policies on breast-feeding, which the demonstrators said undermines efforts of mothers who want to nurse their babies.
About 15 protesters, some holding signs and others nursing infants, protested Friday outside Harrisburg Hospital. After being told they were trespassing on private property, police arrested four who did not leave.
"I hope we drew attention that something is up ... I can tell you that we are not stopping today," said protest organizer Salem Hamilton, of New Cumberland, who was arrested along with her husband, William Hamilton.
Maureen Trovato, 46, of Lower Paxton Township, said nurses at the hospital take newborns from their mothers for four hours shortly after birth and that the separation is unnecessary.
Trovato, who was left holding the crying toddler of another protester who had been arrested, also said that the protesters also object to baby formula samples the hospital gives to new mothers — including those who want to breast-feed.
"Why can't (formula companies) wait until we get out of the hospital to market to us," she told The Patriot-News of Harrisburg.
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