(Kathy has given permission to pass on her reply to this.
Janice Reynolds):

This was us!  I can't believe it made national news!

A group of concerned breastfeeding and birth advocates had scheduled a
protest for noon yesterday at Harrisburg Hospital to protest the fact that
they routinely separate newborns from their mothers (often for extended
periods, against the mothers' wishes) and give out formula samples to
breastfeeding mothers.  While all of the area hospitals still give out the
samples, Harrisburg is the only one where people have repeatedly had
problems with having their babies taken away to the nursery and not brought
back for hours at a time.

Dozens of people knew about the rally and were planning to come, but those
of us (including myself) who arrived a few minutes late missed the whole
thing.  By 12:15, the police had either chased away or arrested everyone.
Two of the people arrested were moms wearing babies (the babies were handed
off to other people) and one was a 14 year old boy.  We were stunned that
the hospital would risk such bad publicity as to do that!  They were charged
with trespassing, booked, and released with a citation.

Many of us will be writing to Harrisburg Hospital (owned by Pinnacle Health)
and the Harrisburg Patriot News to keep people talking about this issue.  If
you want to join in, you can contact Pinnacle at:

http://www.pinnaclehealth.org/body.cfm?id=257

or

Patient Representatives Office, PinnacleHealth Hospitals, PO Box 8700,
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8700.

and The Patriot at:

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Patriot News
(717) 255-8100
(800) 692-7207
812 Market St
Harrisburg, PA 17101


Thanks!

Kathy Savage
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