Childrearing
Mom Detained After Refusing To Allow TSA To X-Ray Her Breast Milk Finally Gets Settlement
Luckily, Armato was traveling alone that day and not with a crying infant, but she still says the entire situation was horrible. From CBS News:
“He (TSA officer) looked at me and said, ‘Not today,'” Armato recalled about her experience. “And I had a choice: dump my milk or put it through the X-ray.”
Armato says she will use the settlement towards her legal fees, and donate the rest to a nonprofit that supports breastfeeding moms.
People traveling with breast milk can request that it be screened by hand ( which is called the “alternate” screening for medication) which may consist of a visual inspection or a wipe of the container’s exterior that supposedly detects explosives. Here’s hoping that Stacey’s fight means more moms won’t be detained for not wanting their child’s food exposed to radiation.
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