Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition

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Aug
2007

No More Baby Formula in the Hospital Gift Bags

I have written in the past about the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition’s quest to have formula removed from sample bags that are given to new moms before they leave the hospital.

New York City’s public hospital system announced this morning that it is no longer supplying free baby-formula samples in the gift bags it provides to new [...]

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Mar
2007

More States Banning "Hospital Sample Bags"

In January I reported on a Massachusetts Coalition who were asking hospitals to voluntarily stop providing new moms with “sample formula bags”.
Since January, other states have also followed Massachusetts’s lead and banned the gift bag.

An increasing number of hospitals across the U.S. in an effort to promote breast-feeding are banning free gift bags that [...]

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Jan
2007

Massachusetts Coalition Asks For Voluntary Ban On Formula Sample Bag

The state of Massachusetts has taken a huge stand on Formula Sample Bags that are given to new moms at the hospital. Their Breast Feeding organization is asking all of the hospitals in the state to voluntarily stop providing these bags to new moms.

In a letter which has been sent to the directors of [...]

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