I apologize if this is a duplicate letter, but did not receive my usual message from the listserv letting me know that my message had been successfully distributed....... I also am not sure about the moral and ethical questions that follows distributing free pumps from an abm company. BUT....I was thinking about how this will affect my WIC moms. I am thinking that with Premier Contracts----WIC moms will NOT be included in the 80%. I have a good friend that works in the nursery of a hospital where they have just signed a Premier contract, which includes the breast pump from Ross Labs. She told me that her hospital will not be distributing these to WIC moms, since WIC does not use Ross abm. This could change when WIC's contract is up with Mead Johnson. So, I am guessing that these pumps are not going to be handed out to "poor women" that could not afford a breast pump otherwise. They will most likely be handed out to women that can afford to purchase abm (the brand that they like best, maybe the one that "helped'" them bf by furnishing a breast pump). Seems to me that if this is true, (that these pumps will not be given to WIC moms), that this speaks volumes on how the abm companies want to help women breastfeed. Just my .02. Pam Holland, IBCLC BF Coordinator--East Health District WIC Savannah, GA