From Australia, we have this bit of news - Parliamentarians no longer have to choose between voting and breastfeeding.
I think this is great! What do you think?
Showing posts with label legal issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label legal issues. Show all posts
Monday, February 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Airlines ask for dismissal of breast-feeding complaint (Times Argus)
SOUTH BURLINGTON — Two airlines named in a complaint by a woman who was kicked off a flight for breast-feeding have asked the Vermont Human Rights Commission to dismiss it.
Freedom Airlines and Delta Air Lines say women can nurse babies on their planes, but they say the complaint filed by Emily Gillette, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., which argues that breast-feeding is a right protected by Vermont's Public Accommodations Law, should be dismissed.
"Freedom denies having discriminated against the charging party in any manner whatsoever and specifically denies that any violation of the Vermont Fair Housing and Accommodations Act ... has occurred," Freedom wrote in its response, which was provided by Gillette's attorney, Elizabeth Boepple of Manchester.
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Freedom Airlines and Delta Air Lines say women can nurse babies on their planes, but they say the complaint filed by Emily Gillette, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., which argues that breast-feeding is a right protected by Vermont's Public Accommodations Law, should be dismissed.
"Freedom denies having discriminated against the charging party in any manner whatsoever and specifically denies that any violation of the Vermont Fair Housing and Accommodations Act ... has occurred," Freedom wrote in its response, which was provided by Gillette's attorney, Elizabeth Boepple of Manchester.
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Monday, December 04, 2006
When it's feeding time, moms have rights, too (The Republican)
Here in Massachusetts, the cradle of liberty, there is no law guaranteeing mothers the right to nurse their babies in public.
The need for such a law was made obvious recently when Emily Gillette was ordered off a Freedom Airlines flight in Burlington, Vt., because she refused to cover her baby's head with a blanket while breast-feeding.
The incident sparked demonstrations at airports across the country, including Bradley International Airport, where one demonstrator, Susan Parker, the mother of a 10-month-old daughter, told the Associated Press, "It's a basic human thing that we are doing and we should be able to do it in public without being kicked off planes; without being told in sit in bathrooms. It's a human right."
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The need for such a law was made obvious recently when Emily Gillette was ordered off a Freedom Airlines flight in Burlington, Vt., because she refused to cover her baby's head with a blanket while breast-feeding.
The incident sparked demonstrations at airports across the country, including Bradley International Airport, where one demonstrator, Susan Parker, the mother of a 10-month-old daughter, told the Associated Press, "It's a basic human thing that we are doing and we should be able to do it in public without being kicked off planes; without being told in sit in bathrooms. It's a human right."
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Friday, November 24, 2006
Mothers Rally to Back Breast-Feeding Rights (WashingtonPost.com)
Karen Gral knows how difficult it is to travel with small children: standing in long lines with squirming toddlers, dealing with new security rules that prohibit liquids -- including some baby foods -- and lugging strollers, car seats and diaper bags through airports.
For her, the finish line is sitting on the airplane and breast-feeding her hungry and worn-out 16-month-old to sleep.
So when the Alexandria mother of two heard that a family was kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight last month because the mother refused to cover her baby with a blanket while breast-feeding, Gral decided to join 70 people at Reagan National Airport yesterday for a "nurse-in" in front of the Delta ticket counter. Similar protests were held at more than 30 airports around the country, including Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where 62 people gathered in support of Arlington native Emily Gillette.
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For her, the finish line is sitting on the airplane and breast-feeding her hungry and worn-out 16-month-old to sleep.
So when the Alexandria mother of two heard that a family was kicked off a Delta Air Lines flight last month because the mother refused to cover her baby with a blanket while breast-feeding, Gral decided to join 70 people at Reagan National Airport yesterday for a "nurse-in" in front of the Delta ticket counter. Similar protests were held at more than 30 airports around the country, including Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where 62 people gathered in support of Arlington native Emily Gillette.
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Backing breast-feeding (The Durnago Herald)
Protest at airport for ex-FLC student kicked off flight
Two dozen nursing mothers, some with other progeny in tow, gathered Tuesday morning at the Delta Air Lines ticket counter at the Durango-La Plata County Airport to protest the expulsion of a nursing mother from a Delta plane in South Burlington, Vt., last month.
Jennifer Smith breast-feeds her son Elliot during a "nurse-in" Tuesday at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Smith was one of two dozen mothers who were protesting Delta Air Lines’ dismissal of Emily Gillette from an Oct. 13 flight for breast-feeding her baby on the plane.
Concurrent protests, called "nurse-ins," were planned Tuesday at more than 30 airports from Anchorage to Atlanta that Delta serves.
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Two dozen nursing mothers, some with other progeny in tow, gathered Tuesday morning at the Delta Air Lines ticket counter at the Durango-La Plata County Airport to protest the expulsion of a nursing mother from a Delta plane in South Burlington, Vt., last month.
Jennifer Smith breast-feeds her son Elliot during a "nurse-in" Tuesday at the Durango-La Plata County Airport. Smith was one of two dozen mothers who were protesting Delta Air Lines’ dismissal of Emily Gillette from an Oct. 13 flight for breast-feeding her baby on the plane.
Concurrent protests, called "nurse-ins," were planned Tuesday at more than 30 airports from Anchorage to Atlanta that Delta serves.
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Cover up, you offend me (Electric Newspaper)
THE flight attendant felt offended when Ms Emily Gillette of New Mexico breast-fed her 22-month-old daughter.
Protesting mum Velisha Lukovic holds her son Julien at Fort Lauderdale airport, Florida. -- REUTERS
Cover yourself with a blanket, she told Ms Gillette.
When the young mother refused, she was ordered off a Freedom Airlines flight that was about to leave Burlington International Airport.
Ms Gillette, who has filed a complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission, was sitting in a window seat next to her husband when the incident took place last month.
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Protesting mum Velisha Lukovic holds her son Julien at Fort Lauderdale airport, Florida. -- REUTERS
Cover yourself with a blanket, she told Ms Gillette.
When the young mother refused, she was ordered off a Freedom Airlines flight that was about to leave Burlington International Airport.
Ms Gillette, who has filed a complaint with the Vermont Human Rights Commission, was sitting in a window seat next to her husband when the incident took place last month.
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Critics of nursing in public reveal hypocrisy (USA Today)
I am part of a small percentage of women who are commercial airline pilots. I am also a wife, mother and strong supporter and advocate of mothers who choose to breast-feed their children ("Nursing mom files complaint against airlines," News, Nov. 17).
In all my years of traveling about in public, I have never seen a nursing mother willingly expose herself to feed her child.
Yet, I can spot a nursing mother and child from across a crowded room because I am drawn to the beauty of the bonding between mother and child. I often flash a smile of support or offer words of encouragement because I know firsthand that nursing does not always come naturally or easily for all who attempt it — yet that mother has chosen to take the healthier choice of nourishing her child.
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In all my years of traveling about in public, I have never seen a nursing mother willingly expose herself to feed her child.
Yet, I can spot a nursing mother and child from across a crowded room because I am drawn to the beauty of the bonding between mother and child. I often flash a smile of support or offer words of encouragement because I know firsthand that nursing does not always come naturally or easily for all who attempt it — yet that mother has chosen to take the healthier choice of nourishing her child.
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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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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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Mothers stage 'nurse-in' protest (MSNBC.com)
Nursing moms take to airports in show of solidarity
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Babies at the breast, protest signs close by, nursing mothers staged "nurse-in" demonstrations in airports across the country Tuesday, rallying behind a woman ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her daughter too openly.
"I truly hope it does get the message across," said Becky Fontana, 29, nursing her four-month-old daughter as she sat cross-legged on the terminal floor at Burlington International Airport.
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SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. - Babies at the breast, protest signs close by, nursing mothers staged "nurse-in" demonstrations in airports across the country Tuesday, rallying behind a woman ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her daughter too openly.
"I truly hope it does get the message across," said Becky Fontana, 29, nursing her four-month-old daughter as she sat cross-legged on the terminal floor at Burlington International Airport.
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Nursing moms rally at airports (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Carrying signs with slogans such as "Best in-flight meal ever," scores of mothers breast-fed their babies at airports around the country Tuesday in a show of support for a woman who was ordered off a plane for nursing her daughter without covering up.
"It's about raising consciousness about our culture's sexualization of the breast. Breast-feeding needs to be supported wherever and whenever it happens. Babies don't know the meaning of `wait,'" said Chelsea Clark, 31, wearing a "Got breast milk?" T-shirt as she nursed her 9-week-old son at the Burlington airport.
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"It's about raising consciousness about our culture's sexualization of the breast. Breast-feeding needs to be supported wherever and whenever it happens. Babies don't know the meaning of `wait,'" said Chelsea Clark, 31, wearing a "Got breast milk?" T-shirt as she nursed her 9-week-old son at the Burlington airport.
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Bless The Moms Who Breast-Feed In Public Places (The Huffington Post)
As I write this, mothers are staging breast feed-ins at Delta Air Lines ticket counters all over the U.S.
They are protesting the actions of a Delta-affiliated airline's flight attendant, who removed a passenger who was (gasp) breast-feeding her baby.
Even though Delta has formally apologized, the symbolism involved in the removal of this passenger from the aircraft still sticks in my craw.
I am male, and I don't think I was breast-fed n public. But still:...
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They are protesting the actions of a Delta-affiliated airline's flight attendant, who removed a passenger who was (gasp) breast-feeding her baby.
Even though Delta has formally apologized, the symbolism involved in the removal of this passenger from the aircraft still sticks in my craw.
I am male, and I don't think I was breast-fed n public. But still:...
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Breastfeeding moms protest discrimination by airline (WBIR.com)
Breastfeeding mothers will conduct "nurse-ins" today against Delta Air Lines at more than a dozen U.S. airports.
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Local group urging support of measure on breast-feeding (The Transcript)
NORTH ADAMS — Berkshire Nursing Families might not be participating in one of the 19 planned "nurse-ins" scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. at airports around the country — but the group is encouraging people to support a bill that protects the right of women to breast-feed in public.
"Massachusetts is one of only five states not to have legislation protecting nursing mothers in public," Rosalie Girard, director of Berkshire Nursing Families, said on Monday.
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"Massachusetts is one of only five states not to have legislation protecting nursing mothers in public," Rosalie Girard, director of Berkshire Nursing Families, said on Monday.
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A Breast Feeding Offensive(The National Ledger)
I’ve often thought that there are people in this world who spend their days walking around just looking for something to get offended about. An article in the November 17, 2006 edition of USA Today has confirmed that notion. The most inoffensive and natural act a person can perform, that of a mother nursing her baby, caused a young family to be removed from a Delta Airlines (operated by Freedom Airlines) flight back on October Thirteenth. Why? Because a flight attendant found it offensive.
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Nursing Moms Protest After Breastfeeding Mom Taken Off the Plane (Toronto Daily News)
Nursing mothers, along with their babies, staged protests around the U.S. airports after a woman was ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her 2-year-old daughter.
Women blocked the Delta Air Lines ticket counter waving signs saying "Don't be lactose intolerant" and "Breasts - Not just for selling cars anymore." Women also plan to breastfeed their infants in front of Delta ticketing counters around the country.
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Women blocked the Delta Air Lines ticket counter waving signs saying "Don't be lactose intolerant" and "Breasts - Not just for selling cars anymore." Women also plan to breastfeed their infants in front of Delta ticketing counters around the country.
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Women To Promote Breast-Feeding At Airports (NBC30.com)
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. -- Several women turned out at Bradley Airport Tuesday as part of nationwide protest involving breast-feeding mothers.
Breast-feeding mothers are conducting "nurse-ins" against Delta Air Lines at more than a dozen U.S. airports, including Bradley.
One woman at Bradley, 30 year-old Susan Parker, was breast-feeding her 10-month-old daughter.
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Breast-feeding mothers are conducting "nurse-ins" against Delta Air Lines at more than a dozen U.S. airports, including Bradley.
One woman at Bradley, 30 year-old Susan Parker, was breast-feeding her 10-month-old daughter.
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Will nurse-in protests hurt Delta's stock? (And, should I go?) (Blogging Stocks)
I'm a breastfeeding mama, my little guy is almost 19 months old and not showing any signs of wanting to wean. I nurse him in public whenever it's required (i.e.: whenever he's tired or fussy and a little warm milk will keep the volume down for a bit). Along with lots of other modern moms, I was pretty peeved when I heard the story of Emily Gillette, escorted off a Freedom Airlines flight because she wouldn't put a blanket over her breastfeeding daughter's head. (After a three-hour delay. At 10 p.m. In the window seat. In the second-to-last row. !!)
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Louisville mothers stage ‘nurse-in’ protest (The Courier-Journal)
Nursing their babies as holiday travelers passed nearby, nine mothers at Louisville International Airport joined in a national protest Tuesday in support for public breastfeeding.
“Breastfeeding is not normal enough in our society,” said Jenny Claire Kragel, who was holding her 2-month old son, Soren. “And so we are just kind of here to spread the word that breastfeeding is normal and that it is not a crime to do it in public.”
They joined a host of women nationwide who staged protests at more than a dozen airports around the country, after the ejection of a nursing mother from a Delta Air Lines commuter flight in Vermont.
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“Breastfeeding is not normal enough in our society,” said Jenny Claire Kragel, who was holding her 2-month old son, Soren. “And so we are just kind of here to spread the word that breastfeeding is normal and that it is not a crime to do it in public.”
They joined a host of women nationwide who staged protests at more than a dozen airports around the country, after the ejection of a nursing mother from a Delta Air Lines commuter flight in Vermont.
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Local women join in show of support for breast-feeding mom (WPRI Eyewitness News)
BOSTON Five mothers showed up with their infants today at the Delta Airlines ticket counter at Boston's Logan Airport. They were there to protest the removal of a nursing mother from a Delta commuter flight in Burlington, Vermont.
The so-called "nurse-in" at Logan was one of about a dozen held at airports around the country.
The mothers had not met before in person, but gathered at the airport after word of the New Mexico mother's case spread over Internet message boards.
Ali Crehan Feeney, a certified lactation counselor from Quincy, says she hopes the incident will lead to further action by airlines to protect women's breast feeding rights.
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The so-called "nurse-in" at Logan was one of about a dozen held at airports around the country.
The mothers had not met before in person, but gathered at the airport after word of the New Mexico mother's case spread over Internet message boards.
Ali Crehan Feeney, a certified lactation counselor from Quincy, says she hopes the incident will lead to further action by airlines to protect women's breast feeding rights.
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Nursing moms take to airports in show of solidarity (Boston.com)
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. --Babies at the breast, nursing mothers staged "nurse-in" protests Tuesday to take up the cause of a woman ordered off a plane for breast-feeding her daughter too openly.
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