Leave it to Massachusetts to get on the breastfeeding-zealotry platform.
The legislature there has just banned -- yes, banned -- hospitals throughout the state from giving out free samples of infant formula, provided by formula companies, to new mothers.
Typically, a new mom, before she leaves the hospital, will get an allotment of infant formula with coupons for more. (The stuff is really expensive.) The ostensible goal in banning the giveaways is to "encourage" the practice of breast-feeding baby, verses giving him the much-despised even occasional bottle.
What a crummy way to start the new year.
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I find it rather sad that Ms. Hart bases her entire opinion piece on a basic misunderstanding of the new regulations.
Of course, if not for this (willful?) misunderstanding, she'd have nothing to write about, eh?
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