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Heathrow Airport Force Mother To Give Up Gallons Of Breast Milk

An American mother was forced to dump almost four gallons of breast milk at Heathrow Airport’s security. On a facebook post, mother of two Jessica Coakley Martinez explained in detail how she was made to give up the breast milk she had pumped and frozen to supply her eight-month-old son with. The amount accounted for two week’s worth of food for the child while they were travelling. USA Today reports: “This wasn’t some rare bottle of wine or luxury perfume I was trying to negotiate as a carry on,” Martinez writes in a 1,588-word Facebook post to Heathrow security. “This was deeply personal. This was my son’s health and nourishment.” In her post, Martinez says she balances motherhood with a job that involves travel by pumping whenever she can—in public bathrooms, conference rooms, closets, you name it. Here the Californian had amassed a big block of frozen breast milk while traveling without her infant on an eight-city, 15-day business trip through Europe, where four countries had already allowed the milk to pass, the Sunreports. Seems airport security at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 went by the letter of Department for Transport rules, which set the liquid-size limit at roughly 3.4 ounces unless the [...]