Thursday, December 21, 2006

Nursing is normal and not something to hide (Central Kentucky News Journal)

Linda Ireland recently wrote an editorial responding to the New Mexico mother expulsion from a Freedom Airlines flight on Monday, Dec. 4.

As a nursing mother myself, I am offended and appalled that Ireland compared the act of breastfeeding to mouth-breathing and belching.

Nursing a child is normal and not something to be hidden in shame or done in the bathroom.

Ireland suggested that all nursing mothers carry blankets just in case someone around them gets offended. Well, here's a newsflash for you: someone will be offended whether we cover or not.


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