Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition/FormulaDischarge Bags 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 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html