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The Vermont Human Rights Commission ruled today that Freedom Airlines discriminated against nursing mother Emily Gillette when a flight attendant asked Gillette to cover up while breastfeeding and had her removed from the flight when she refused to do so. … More
Nearly a year and a half after Emily Gillette was removed from a Delta/Freedom Airlines flight for refusing to cover up while breastfeeding, the Vermont Human Rights Commission will hear the case. According to the Burlington Free Press, the Commission … More
Almost five months after nearly 900 people participated in nurse-ins at 40 airports across the country in support of Emily Gillette (the New Mexico mother who was kicked off an airplane for breastfeeding her toddler), Ms. Gillette’s case is starting to … More
Mothers returned to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport this morning for a repeat rally, both to support nursing mother Emily Gillette and to seek an apology for how the Texas mothers were treated at the initial rally. This time the rally went … More
The dust has settled after the national nurse-in on Tuesday, November 21, 2006, and the final tally approaches 900 activists and children at 40 airports across the country! I’m impressed by the tremendous grassroots effort organized in just four days’ … More
All in all the first-hand accounts of the national nurse-ins have been extremely positive. The participants were peaceful and the news reporters were friendly and sympathetic to the cause. Only one participant reported a bad experience when she was turned … More
There are at least 20 airports confirmed for the national nurse-in tomorrow, and another 20 tentative sites (those which were recently added to the list and/or have one or two families committed and need more participants). Be sure to join … More
Mesa Air Group (which operates as US Airways Express, Delta Connection, and United Express) has issued a press release that sounds a little more like the apology I expected: “So there is no confusion, I would like to let folks … More
The media frenzy over the woman kicked off a plane for breastfeeding continues. Mothering magazine has an exclusive web interview with the mother, Emily Gillette, who says in part:
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Freedom Airlines operated the Delta flight from which a nursing mother was removed for refusing to cover up. The Burlington Free Press has been following the story, and today it published a statement by Freedom Airlines. The statement explains that … More
The nurse-in at Burlington International Airport went off without a hitch yesterday. The Burlington Free Press reports today that 30 mothers and fathers and dozens of their children congregated in front of the Delta check-in counter to protest the incident … More
As I write this, women are gathering at Burlington International Airport by Delta’s check-in counter for a nurse-in at 10 a.m. EST, according to a follow-up article in today’s Burlington Free Press. Organizer Sharon Panitch wanted to stage this peaceful … More
Incidents over breastfeeding in public are so rare because mothers are able to nurse discreetly and the law protects women on public property. If the management of a private establishment dares to complain it can result in a lot of … More
