Breastfeeding Mother Kicked Off Flight

A delayed flight at 6:30am may already sound like a travel nightmare, but that was only the beginning for one Houston woman on Friday. Mei Rui, a concert pianist and cancer researcher, was traveling from her home to Newark along with her elderly parents and 2-year-old son when they were all kicked off their Spirit Airlines flight after flight attendants asked her to stop breastfeeding. 

 Rui told the Washington Postthat the flight had been delayed several times due to weather and that when it finally seemed like the flight might take off, she began breastfeeding her son in the hopes of getting him to sleep. She said that the plane doors were still open and people were still moving around the cabin.

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