from the NY Post
   
  BREAST-FEED RIGHTS BILL 
  AP   December 4, 2006 -- Declaring it's time to advertise the right to breast-feed in New York, State Sen. Liz Krueger has introduced a "Breast-feeding Mothers' Bill of Rights."   The legislation would consolidate existing laws into a list of rights to be posted and distributed in maternity wards.   One rule would ban the makers of baby formula from pressuring new moms in hospitals into using their product. Another would stress a mother's right to keep her newborn near after delivery.   After six months, only 16 percent of Hispanic moms, 14 percent of white moms and 8 percent of African-American moms exclusively breast-feed their babies, studies show.   

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