Mom says she was threatened by judge for breastfeeding: 'I felt discriminated against'

A North Carolina mom says a judge threatened to put her baby in the custody of Child Protective Services (CPS) because she was breastfeeding in his courtroom.

Local news affiliate WRAL reports that new mom Danielle Bell of Clayton, N.C., appeared in a Johnston County courtroom last week for a case involving her traffic tickets. While she waited to be called, she sat in the back of the courtroom and nursed her 3-month-old daughter, Penelope, who was resting in a sling.

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North Texas Mom Who Received 5 Felonies for Breastfeeding Child on Pot Convicted of Theft

A year has passed since the Dallas Observer first reported that a 32-year-old mother of five faced felony child endangerment charges for testing positive for marijuana use while breastfeeding. She said she'd been using cannabis to control her epileptic seizures because she could no longer afford her prescription drugs.

Five months later, Erica Tucker, a Bible teacher and president of the nonprofit Fort Worth Babywearers, pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal to five counts of child endangerment — one count of the felony charge for each of her children. She received five years probation, 120 hours of community service and a $250 fine (not including court costs). Each count of the charge potentially carried a fine of up to $20,000 and two to 20 years in prison. Her husband, Greg, was also convicted.

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Parents Are Suing 1 Hospital After It Had a Stranger Breastfeed the Wrong Baby

After Tammy Van Dyke's baby had to go through a year of HIV testing because of an easily preventable mistake, this mother of two is suing.

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Egypt Requires Breast Exam for Subsidized Formula

Heated debate has broken out in Egypt over a new regulation requiring mothers to undergo a breast examination in order to qualify for subsidized infant formula.

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Breast-feeding mom blocked from DHHS orientation, told no kids allowed

Breast-feeding mom blocked from DHHS orientation, told no kids allowed

Laura Catevenis is single, has an associate degree and wants to go back to school.

Mom petitions for Landry's law to protect breastfeeding babies

Mom petitions for Landry's law to protect breastfeeding babies

A Region 8 mom wants to enact a nationwide law protecting nursing children in the midst of child custody cases.

Note: I do not support this law.  I support every parents right to a safe and healthy relationship with their child.  This includes both mothers and fathers.  Breastfeeding should not be an excuse to deny custody or visitations to a father, however denying custody or visitations to a father should be an excuse to pull her right to breastfeed.  These mothers need to stop being so freekin selfish.

Foster mothers must screen for HIV, hepatitis – Gynaecologist

Foster mothers must screen for HIV, hepatitis – Gynaecologist

Dr Nathaniel Adewole, a Gynaecologist with the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, has advised that foster mothers who intend to breast feed should screen for HIV and hepatitis.

Mom says judge ordered her to stop breast-feeding - but she lied.

Apparently the mommy blogs are going off over the following story about a mother who was ordered to give visits to the father.

Mom says judge ordered her to stop breast-feeding

A Pennsylvania mother is outraged after a judge ordered her to stop breast-feeding so her daughter can have overnight visitations with her father.

However:

Northampton County judge addresses 'fictionalized' order that would stop mom from breast-feeding 

Northampton County Judge Stephen Baratta says he’s been getting phone calls from national media outlets and letters from outraged breast-feeding advocates over his ruling that a county mother not breast-feed her child in order to allow the baby to visit with her father. 

But there’s one problem, Baratta said today: No such ruling was ever made.

Therefore she lied.

The case, he said, is about a father not being given a chance to visit his child.

Sorry ladies.  

Court rules in breastfeeding case, dad can still see baby

Court rules in breastfeeding case, dad can still see baby

A judge has ruled in the case of a woman fighting a child custody order centered around breastfeeding.

NYC mayor now working to ban baby formula?

Beginning on Labor Day, 27 out of 40 New York City hospitals will keep infant formula under lock and key -- under a new pilot program that makes formula the newest in a string of the NYC mayor's "health initiatives."

Mom says DCFS showed up at her door because of breastfeeding

Mom says DCFS showed up at her door because of breastfeeding

For weeks, doctors told Paula Loe she wasn't doing enough to feed her baby, despite her attempts to breastfeed and give her daughter formula.

Complaint filed after woman forced to stop breastfeeding

Complaint filed after woman forced to stop breastfeeding

On Nov. 30, Simone Manigo-Truell dos Santos was at the Henry Daly Building in Northwest waiting for her traffic ticket hearing with her, then, 4 1/2-month-old son Samuel.

Judge 'Humiliates' Woman for Breastfeeding

A judge publicly called out a woman who was breastfeeding her child in a courtroom. Now the media try to figure out the law.

Too Close for Comfort: Baby Torn from Mother Grieving for 15-Year-Old Son

Too Close for Comfort: Baby Torn from Mother Grieving for 15-Year-Old Son

When my daughter was born almost exactly 15 years ago as I write this, I was a first-time mother who'd been through an incredibly arduous pregnancy to give birth to a much-wanted child.

Hospital faces legal action over newborn baby seized from mother

Hospital faces legal action over newborn baby seized from mother

A breastfeeding mother whose newborn baby was forcibly taken from her and put into care for six days is seeking a judicial review over alleged unlawful treatment during a crucial bonding period with her daughter.

Mother Loses Custody of Child for Refusing to Wean

Mother Loses Custody of Child for Refusing to Wean

It seems there's no shortage of people out there who love telling mothers how to feed their children. Don't nurse in public! Cover up! Go breastfeed in the bathroom! And now, get your baby on solids and stop nursing on demand or we'll take away your baby.

Dcf Hates Boobies

Dcf Hates Boobies

My Daughter lost custody of her baby shortly after birth.The babie`s and mother`s urine was tested negative for drugs but the merconium tested positive for opiates. The baby has been sheltered in my home. My 6 week grand daughter was ordered by our Florida DCF case worker, to undergo a drug screen because her mother breast feeds her. The mother submitted a diluted UA to her drug counselor two weeks prior. (Low creatine sample) They did not concider her diabetes, nor the fact she eats not red meat.Both conditions can lower creatine levels.

Senate committee votes to lift age cap on public breastfeeding

Senate committee votes to lift age cap on public breastfeeding

State senators voted Wednesday to allow mothers to breastfeed children of any age in public, setting aside concerns that it might open the door to “weird things” involving bar patrons.

Bachmann opposes tax deduction for breast pumps

Bachmann opposes tax deduction for breast pumps

Rep. Michele Bachmann lashed out at First Lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday over her promotion of breastfeeding, particularly among black women, to curb obesity. On Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Bachmann said that Obama’s campaign — and an IRS change that makes breast pumps tax deductible — constituted a “nanny state” and that it was part of her “hard left agenda.”