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Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:39:40 -0400
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They do so much good, how can they be so narrow minded?  Of all the people 
who should be responsive to a family's needs, you'd think RMH would be.  I 
am very disappointed that they are not.  Guess that's what happens to your 
brain when all you eat is burgers and fries :-(
I think RMH needs to hear from several thousands of us. [log in to unmask]

>I did work very closely with the Ronald McDonald House moms and citing the 
>law made no difference whatsoever to >RMH administration.  In that case, 
>the Texas Attorney General explicitly refused to intervene, RMH Houston 
>refused to change its policy (the moms never >used  the facility again and 
>made alternate arrangements when they needed to return to Houston for 
>further treatment), and RMC Charities (the national organization) refused 
>to require RMH Houston to obey Texas law.  One of the RMH moms not only 
>cited the law to management after the first incident but pulled a copy of 
>it up on her laptop.  RMH Houston administration only agreed to a meeting 
>with the moms after an influx of e-mail in support of the moms crashed 
>their server.  The meeting, however, did not result in RMH obeying Texas 
>public breastfeeding law or changing its policy concerning breastfeeding in 
>common space.

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