Friday, January 23, 2015

Mothers banned from breastfeeding at breastfeeding conference

Friday 23rd January 2015 

‘Mothers invited to a Scottish Government-backed breastfeeding conference were left angry and bemused after being told that they would not be allowed to breastfeed their babies.
Organisers for the event, titled “Shifting the Curve – Sharing the Challenge Breastfeeding Summit”, said it was “open to everyone who works with children and families” and aimed to “remove some of the barriers” about breastfeeding.
Yet when mothers asked if they could breastfeed their babies at next month’s conference at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium, they were told by officials that this would not be “appropriate”.’
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