{"id":14883,"date":"2012-07-29T21:31:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14883"},"modified":"2012-07-29T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T01:31:09","slug":"a-new-dimension-in-meddling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14883","title":{"rendered":"A New Dimension In Meddling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor<\/a> Bloomberg is at it again. The New York Post<\/a> reported yesterday that the Mayor is asking New York City<\/a> hospitals<\/a> to lock up the baby formula<\/a> so that more mothers will breast-feed<\/a> their babies.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Starting Sept. 3, the city will keep tabs on the number of bottles that participating hospitals stock and use \u2014 the most restrictive pro-breast-milk<\/a> program in the nation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I support breast-feeding. I think it is a good idea. All my children were breast-fed and all my grandchildren were breast-fed. There is a history of milk allergies<\/a> in my family and that seemed like a logical preventative measure. It seems to have worked. However, forcing women to do something they may not want to do because the Mayor thinks it’s healthy is a horrible idea. What if Mayor Bloomberg wakes up one morning and decides we should all eat seaweed for a week? Where will he draw the line?<\/p>\n

I have no problem encouraging new mothers to breast-feed their babies. In 1970, when my first daughter was born, I was the only breast-feeding mother in the hospital. By 1974, when my third daughter was born, there were more babies breast-fed than formula-fed. I think the way to get mothers to breast-feed their children is to give them as much information as possible about the benefits. The new mothers are the ones who need to make the choice–not the government.<\/p>\n

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