Should hospitals allow  big drug companies into hospital rooms to  market 
their products to patients?  Governor Romney says yes. If you  disagree, please 
consider signing a petition to support a ban against marketing  of infant 
formula by hospitals. About 80% of formula in the US is sold by large  
pharmaceutical companies.  

In February, Governor Romney stopped the  enactment of public health 
regulations that would ban the hospital distribution  of formula company gift bags to 
new mothers. By refusing to allow these  consensus-based measures to take 
effect, Romney put pharmaceutical company  profits above public health.   

The regulations do  have a second chance, because the Public Health Council 
has voted to reconsider  them in May despite Romney's desire to stop them for 
good.  The regulations  have nothing to do with a mother's choice of how to 
feed her baby; formula would  still be available in hospitals. They simply 
address inappropriate marketing of  formula by hospitals. 

_View and sign the  petition_ (http://www.massbfc.org/petitionContent.html) 

The petition is sponsored by the Massachusetts  Breastfeeding Coalition. Your 
information will not be sold or given  away.
 
If the above link does not work, go to _www.massbfc.org_ 
(http://www.massbfc.org)  and click on the  petition.




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