On 2011-06-14, at 10:34 AM, juanita jauer steichen wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Have you heard of this case?
> Spanish government authorities removed 15 month old nursling from mother's
> care due to her refusal to wean her child by force
> 
> This is really horrendous, if true, that breastfeeding is forbidden in
> Madrid's women shelters and is cause for separation of mother and child.
> 
> http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Separada/hija/darle/pecho/elpepusoc/20110608elpepusoc_9/Tes
> 
> Read more in English & Spanish Leer más:
> http://www.amormaternal.com/2011/06/please-help-habiba.html#ixzz1OvjpihTc
> 
> Sign the petition:
> http://actuable.es/peticiones/immf-give-back-habiba-s-baby
> 
> Juanita
> 
> 
> J Jauer Steichen, IBCLC, LLL France

I just posted this in the Lactnet Facebook Group as some had asked for links to mainstream media coverage. I'll post here as well:

There have been several stories in Spanish newspapers and there is starting to be some English language coverage. 

Of special note to Lactnetters, three members of the Breastfeeding Committee of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics have issued a statement on the matter - Dr. Adolfo Gomez Papi of the University Hospital of Tarragona, Dr. Josefa Aguayo Maldonado who is the Chief of Neonatology for Hospital Virgen del Rocío. Sevilla, and Dr. Carmen Alonso Pallás, Head of Neonatology at Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid.

There is a writeup in the Spanish national daily newspaper El Pias: 

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/apoyos/Habiba/elpepusoc/20110615elpepusoc_10/Tes

or try

http://bit.ly/jQAnW6 

You can find a link to an English translation of their statement on the Worldwide Mothers support Habiba! Facebook page, right hand side, click medical report:

http://www.facebook.com/WeAreAllHabiba

-- Jodine Chase
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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