--- title: Delta Airlines Apologizes for Breast-Pump Mishap description: "Delta supports the rights of women to breast-feed" canonical: https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-27T00:09:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:39.624Z og:title: Delta Airlines Apologizes for Breast Pump Mishap og:description: "Delta supports the rights of women to breastfeed" og:url: https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Delta Airlines Apologizes for Breast Pump Mishap twitter:description: "Delta supports the rights of women to breastfeed" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Delta Apologizes to Woman Barred From Boarding With Breast Pump  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 27, 2015 12:09 AM UTC  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 27, 2015 12:09 AM UTC Delta Airlines [has apologized to a woman](http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/26/travel/feat-delta-breast-pump-passenger/index.html) who was required to check her breast pump against company policy. “Delta supports the rights of women to breast-feed,” Delta spokesperson Lindsay McDuff said in a statement, CNN reports. “Breast-feeding and breast pumps are permitted aboard any Delta flight and in Delta ground facilities. We have apologized to the customer for her experience.” Lauren Modeen, a nursing mother, says gate agents would not let her board with her carry-on suitcase that contained a breast pump, her purse and a cooler to carry breast milk. Many airlines, like Delta, limit passengers to one carry-on bag and a personal item, but allow medical devices to go aboard without counting against customers’ carry-on allowance. Modeen says she was told all passengers boarding with her needed to check their luggage but that others behind her brought their carry-on items aboard with no problem. A customer who witnessed Modeen’s conversation says the overhead bins were not crowded. \[[_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/26/travel/feat-delta-breast-pump-passenger/index.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/"},"headline":"Delta Apologizes to Woman Barred From Boarding With Breast Pump","datePublished":"2015-01-27T00:09:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:39.624Z","description":"\"Delta supports the rights of women to breast-feed\"","url":"https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/","keywords":["Living","Parenting","breastfeeding"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3683465/delta-breast-pump-apology/","name":"Delta Apologizes to Woman Barred From Boarding With Breast Pump"}}]}] ```