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Mother defends breastfeeding baby while driving (followup on idiot)
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| 6.17.03
| Vic Gideon
Posted on 06/19/2003 7:36:03 PM PDT by mhking
Edited on 06/23/2003 2:48:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Mother defends breastfeeding baby while driving
Reported by Vic Gideon
POSTED: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:06:15 PM
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 12:20:52 PMPORTAGE COUNTY -- A mother traveling from Detroit to Pittsburgh got into trouble in Portage County while trying to drive and breastfeed her baby at the same time.
Twenty-nine-year-old Catherine Donkers had fed the baby before she left Detroit but said her seven-month-old daughter was hungry again.
"I knew I was doing nothing wrong when I was breastfeeding her," Donkers said.
Donkers doesn't consider her actions excessively dangerous.
"I think there are lots of things we do when we put ourselves at risk, just by the very fact that I'm in a car and there's lots of car accidents every single day," she said. "I think it would be reasonable to say even that's a danger."
A truck driver apparently saw it as a danger and called the highway patrol. But Donkers wouldn't pull over for police until she got to a tollbooth.
"I've directed her to, that when she doesn't feel safe, she goes to a public place," said her husband, Brad Barnhill.
At the tollbooth, Donkers didn't give the trooper a driver's license. She instead pulled out an affidavit as identification and got cited for not having a license.
The couple also claims she did nothing wrong, saying Michigan law has an exemption to its child restraint law for nursing mothers.
They claim that since the turnpike is an interstate, drivers can follow the laws of their home state. But the highway patrol says that as long as the stop occurred in Ohio, they have to abide by Ohio laws.
The couple has done extensive research on the law and believes in a strict adherence to them. Donkers is facing child endangering and child seat violations among other charges. Her and her husband say they plan to fight all charges and will file a counter suit.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: badparent; breastfeeding; childendangerment; childsafety; donkers; donkersisbonkers; driving; drivingwhilefeeding; goneinaninstant; idiot; justplainnuts; kook; motherhood; nocommonsense; nolawlicense; roadsafety; unlicenseddriver; vehiclesafety
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To: wimpycat; Chancellor Palpatine
I'd probably skip buying stock in Reynold's Wrap and go right for the aluminum futures.
341
posted on
06/20/2003 3:06:46 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: mhking
This is a great thread, isn't it? Thanks for posting this follow-up!
To: justshe
I know! How do you go through life without a SSN -- I had only six months to get my youngest daughter's. But then I consider myself a citizen of the United States!
Can just see me tell IRS -- I am not paying any more taxes since I am not a citizen of D.C. They would probably haul me off to jail!
343
posted on
06/20/2003 3:08:25 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
To: wimpycat
Should I buy stock in Reynolds Wrap?Nope - go straight for Kaiser & ALCOA...
344
posted on
06/20/2003 3:08:25 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: RgnadKzin
Or is this no longer a FreeRepublic?Didnt you just get here?
345
posted on
06/20/2003 3:09:03 PM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
(If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
To: mhking
ALCOA, that's the one I was trying to think of.
Thanks for the tip.
346
posted on
06/20/2003 3:09:46 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Another great tagline coming soon! Brought to you by Acme Builders....)
To: mhking
I was pointing to a law designed to protect the rest of us from the "stupid" (in this case fiscally). IMHO it cant be done, particularly fiscally. We will all pay if we Nit Pik life to death. Christ...this women wasnt the sharpest pencil in the box, but all she did was feel compassion for her baby. some here seem to think that that is a crime against society.
347
posted on
06/20/2003 3:11:12 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: mhking
Thanks for alerting me to this thread. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't read it myself!
348
posted on
06/20/2003 3:12:32 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
To: PhiKapMom
Just think all of us are paying taxes for this nutcase! I'd gladly pay toward locking him up and throwing away the key.
Anarchists are not nice or reasonable people, and using religion as a cover for that philosophy is rather sinister.
To: mylife
.this women wasnt the sharpest pencil in the boxI put her in the same category as the idiot who almost ran me off the road while yammering on his cell phone.
And I've got no compassion for her.
350
posted on
06/20/2003 3:14:00 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: mylife
but all she did was feel compassion for her baby. some here seem to think that that is a crime against society. She felt compassion by breastfeeding while driving? That same kind of compassion could have been safely exhibited at the side of the road, with the car in park.
I am wondering if this type of compassion by mom is a habit....remind me to stay out of whatever state (or country) she is or is not a citizen of.
351
posted on
06/20/2003 3:14:41 PM PDT
by
Mrs.Liberty
("Oh people, this is freedom! "...Liberated Iraqi man, 09 APR 2003)
To: mylife
" Let those who ride decide"You mean your not willing to turn over your decisions to the boistrous band of old ladies that demandeth compliance? Think of all the sleepless nights, stress and strokes your giving them.
To: scott7278
Hear, hear!
353
posted on
06/20/2003 3:17:02 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
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To: Dog Gone
I'd gladly pay toward locking him up and throwing away the key You and me both -- I would gladly donate!
What amazes me are the several people that agree with him -- that is mind boggling that there is more than one!
354
posted on
06/20/2003 3:18:27 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Bush Cheney '04 - VICTORY IN '04 -- $4 for '04 - www.GeorgeWBush.com/donate/)
To: mhking
.this women wasnt the sharpest pencil in the box I put her in the same category as the idiot who almost ran me off the road while yammering on his cell phone. And I've got no compassion for her. I understand completly, believe me I see them every day! But did she commit a crime?
I saw a woman is San Diego cause a 5hr traffic delay because she crashed on the highway during rush hour while putting on panty hose! Should we pass a law on stupidity?
355
posted on
06/20/2003 3:20:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: mylife
"...some here seem to think that that is a crime against society.That's why they charged her with a felony and the rest are screaming for blood. I'm sure this all started, because she didn't notice all the 18 wheelers scooting up so the driver could get a good look. One of them must of been an old lady and called 911, or the cops were just monitoring the CB.
To: mylife
but all she did was feel compassion for her babyNot enough compassion though to pull over to a rest stop and let the baby feed without it's life being risked. One slam on the brakes and that baby's life would have been over.
357
posted on
06/20/2003 3:22:24 PM PDT
by
FITZ
To: FITZ
Im not justifying her IQ
358
posted on
06/20/2003 3:23:51 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: mylife
Putting on pantyhose? That is....impossible!
But that sort of behavior usually falls under the broad category of "reckless driving", at least in my state. I heard about someone getting pulled over for READING A BOOK while driving. It's a reckless driving offense.
359
posted on
06/20/2003 3:23:52 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
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To: mylife
Whats interesting to me is the fact that there are people here that really want blood, even though the most that occured in this incident is a misdemeanor offence!
360
posted on
06/20/2003 3:26:22 PM PDT
by
mylife
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