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Yesterday, nursing mothers staged "nurse-ins" in airports around the country in response to an incident last week in which a nursing mother was removed from a Delta Air Lines flight in Burlington, VT. Groups of mothers publicly nursed their babies in front of the Delta counters at many airports, in an effort to raise breast-feeding awareness. Delta Air Lines has issued as statement supporting a mother's right to breast feed and has indicated that the employee who removed the mother will be disciplined.

The medical evidence of the health benefits of breast feeding (for both the mother and the child) has led the World Health Organization to recommend breast feeding exclusively for at least the first six months, and many pediatricians agree. Breast feeding is entirely natural, and shouldn't be offensive or embarrassing to anyone. The sooner we all recognize that breast feeding is responsible parenting and stop giving these women grief, the better.

Article from today's Washington Post.