Monday, June 13, 2005

Both sides need to lighten up on breastfeeding

Breast is best, but what ever happened to a bit of modesty? Barbara Walters has ignited a firestorm after admitting on The View that the sight of a woman breastfeeding during a recent airplane flight made her uncomfortable.

Angry mothers responded by organizing a public "nurse-in" outside of ABC's headquarters last week. The protesters nursed their babies while carrying signs which read, "Shame on View" and "Babies Were Born to Be Breast-fed."

The women were also upset because Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the youngest and newest co-host of The View, admitted that she recently gave her two-month-old daughter her first bottle of formula. The other co-hosts applauded at the news. Why, I have no idea.

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