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In the “CDC Health Information for International Travel 2008″ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers an entire chapter (available on-line) on Breastfeeding and International Travel. I found the sections on breastfeeding mothers and vaccines, and breastfeeding and antimalarial medications, to be most interesting. Of course, be sure to check with your doctor for […]
The Vermont Human Rights Commission ruled today that Freedom Airlines discriminated against nursing mother Emily Gillette when a flight attendant asked Gillette to cover up while breastfeeding and had her removed from the flight when she refused to do so. The parties now have a six-month period in which to attempt to negotiate a settlement. […]
Nearly a year and a half after Emily Gillette was removed from a Delta/Freedom Airlines flight for refusing to cover up while breastfeeding, the Vermont Human Rights Commission will hear the case. According to the Burlington Free Press, the Commission will review the findings of its investigator, who found reasonable grounds that Freedom discriminated against […]
What’s with the airline industry and its poor treatment of breastfeeding mothers and babies? An Australian woman booked a business class ticket to San Francisco on Qantas Airlines. For some reason, the airline’s booking agent advised the woman to put her baby on the ticket of her companion who was traveling in economy class. The […]
Welcome to this month’s “Travel” theme day here at the b5media Science and Health Channel. Believe it or not, travel is a hot topic in breastfeeding news, especially in light of the new U.S. Transportation Security Administration rules for traveling with expressed breast milk. Of course, travel is a hot topic for all the science […]
The Transportation Security Administration loosened its restrictions on carrying expressed breast milk on an airplane to allow mothers traveling without children to bring unlimited quantities in their carry-on bags. Today’s TSA press release states the new rule, which goes into effect August 4, 2007:
TSA is also modifying the procedures associated with carrying breast milk through […]
Did anyone else see Amanda Peet on Live with Regis & Kelly yesterday? Nothing much funnier than seeing Regis Philbin squirm as Amanda Peet described her experience pumping while standing at the sinks in the airport public restroom before her flight to New York. Both Amanda and Kelly used their hands and voices to mimic […]
Almost five months after nearly 900 people participated in nurse-ins at 40 airports across the country in support of Emily Gillette (the New Mexico mother who was kicked off an airplane for breastfeeding her toddler), Ms. Gillette’s case is starting to undergo investigation. Rebecca Robinson of the Bennington Banner reports that last Thursday the Vermont Human […]
It brought a smile to my face to read the press release put out by Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport (MSP) this week. The airport announced that it has opened a “nursing mothers room” with a rocking chair, side table, lamp, electrical outlet and emergency telephone. The room is meant to accommodate both travelers and nursing mothers […]
Texas mothers plan another nurse-in at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW) this Friday, December 1, 2006, at 10 a.m. at the Delta counter in Terminal E of the airport.
According to participants, when five mothers and nine children originally gathered at DFW for the national nurse-in on November 21, they were harassed by airport security and threatened […]
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