Prison Sentencing for Mothers of Breastfed Babies
March 5, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under breastfeeding
Olympic sprinter Marion Jones is due to report to federal prison by March 11. Many of you shared your opinions about her prison sentence and the impact on her breastfed infant. Breastfeeding may be taken into account as a factor in federal sentencing proceedings, and I was disappointed that it seemed not to weigh into the judge’s decision in that case.
A news story out of Australia made me think more about taking breastfeeding into account in prison sentencing. A woman stabbed her mother three times during an argument and was originally sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail to be …read more
