Mayor Bloomberg is pushing hospitals to hide their baby formula behind locked doors so more new mothers will breast-feed.What the hell happened to "my body, my choice".
Starting Sept. 3, the city will keep tabs on the number of bottles that participating hospitals stock and use — the most restrictive pro-breast-milk program in the nation.
Under the city Health Department’s voluntary Latch On NYC initiative, 27 of the city’s 40 hospitals have also agreed to give up swag bags sporting formula-company logos, toss out formula-branded tchotchkes like lanyards and mugs, and document a medical reason for every bottle that a newborn receives.
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I've intentionally dropped myself out of watching and commenting on this nanny-state bullshit while I deal with bigger matters (*cough* husband with cancer *cough*) but if you bring your stupid-ass, freedom-reducing, gloves-of-blue laws near my boobies I'm going to have to rip you a new one.
You've gone from nanny-staters to state sponsored molesters. Shoulda known that's where you were headed all along.
Mel