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Gwen MacCaughey of Winchendon breastfed her infant, Jonathan, outside a Public Health Council meeting yesterday.

State allows gifts of formula for infants

Romney triumphs in rift over freebies

By Stephen Smith
Globe Staff / May 24, 2006

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In a victory for Governor Mitt Romney , the state's public health commissioner announced yesterday that hospital maternity wards in Massachusetts can continue to hand out gift bags with samples of infant formula. Last winter, the Public Health Council had imposed a ban on the bags, but then, at Romney's urging, it reversed its decision and ordered further study. (Full article: 748 words)

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