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To: epicure who wrote (13444)	2/27/2006 6:04:49 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541598

The hospitals in question in Mass can still tell patients about formula, can even give them formula, they just can't put it in the gift bags- thus making it look like a stamp of approval and a "suggestion So putting sample formula in a gift bag is the problem? I guess you and I differ on issues of personal choice. I figure that if you give sufficient information on all alternatives, the adult recipient gets to make an informed choice. I think it is far too paternalistic to focus on whether provision of a sample is too enticing to override the recipient's ability to choose. Out of curiosity, are you in favor of providing condoms to high school students as part of a sex education class?