Thursday, November 16, 2006

Breast-Feeding Mom Booted From Flight (Channel 3000)

Nursing Mothers Hold Protest At Airline

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -- A Santa Fe, N.M., woman said she was kicked off an airplane for breast-feeding her child.

The alleged incident has drawn support from about 30 parents and their children.

They sat in front of an airline counter Wednesday in South Burlington, Vt., to protest the treatment of 27-year-old Emily Gillette.

Mothers breast-fed their children and held up signs during the "nurse-in."

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This website is also running a survey about the airline's actions - so far 83% of respondents think Delta was wrong to kick this mother and her baby off the flight.

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