I wouldn't be too quick to congratulate Redbook on their breastfeeding
cover.  I think they were being whimpy to have two covers- one not
breastfeeding.

I would love to hear what "Dr. Laura" would have to say about this issue.
 I imagine it would go something like this: "Redbook was not worried
about protraying a immoral, shack-up relationship to it's readers but
were afraid the beautiful act of feeding and nurturing a baby would
offend.  How ironic!"

Here's what appeared in our local paper:
>From the Anchorage Daily News, Nov. 6, 1997
Daily News wire services
Brosnan Family photo not for everyone, Redbook says
Redbook wasn't sure how subscribers would feel about a cover featuring
Pierce Brosnan and his girlfriend as she breastfed their son, so the
magazine put out two covers.

The December issue hitting newsstands this week shows the breast-feeding
photo, while subscribers got a picture of the couple as Keely Shaye Smith
simply holds Dylan Thomas.  Redbook editor Kate White said the
breast-feeding shot moved her.  "I thought the cover would really connect
to readers that the people on the cover were a family, a couple," she
said.  "There's such tenderness in the photo and it grabs you.  That's
what you're going for when you put something on the newsstand."

She added: "I know there are some people who are uncomfortable with
breast-feeding.  I did not want to force that on anyone who is a
subscriber."

The magazine was mailed this week to about 2.1 million subscriber.