Friday, November 24, 2006

Lactivists fight for the right to breastfeed (Guardian Unlimited)

America has been swept by an unusual protest movement. It is called lactivism and involves hundreds of women taking to the check-in counters of US airports to demonstrate the right to breastfeed their babies.

About 900 breastfeeding women demonstrated at 35 US airports on Tuesday outside check-in counters for Delta, one of the biggest domestic carriers. Groups of 30 or more women assembled by the counters, sat in a circle and began nursing their babies, some wearing "Got breastmilk?" T-shirts and their children in ones saying "Smart, cute and healthy. Thanks to Mom's milk."



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