Ban on gift bags gets a second chance
Boston, Feb. 22, 2006
In a surprise setback for Governor Mitt Romney, the Public Health Council yesterday decided to study the proposed ban on formula gift bags for three more months, rather than completely rescind it, as Romney had requested. Yesterday, the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition continued to make its strong case for the ban to PHC members, two of whom openly voiced their support for the ban.
Romney views the ban as the “heavy arm of government” being used to influence health choices. Instead, he wants the heavy arm of corporate America to peddle bottles of formula in mothers’ hospital room as they recover from childbirth.
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