It's a brave person who dares speak out either for or
against breastfeeding in public these days.
I WISH that there were by - laws
against breastfeeding in public.
I spent a lot of time nursing in my van or in a dressing room, not because I'm
against breastfeeding in public, but because it was so awkward and revealing to get ourselves set up.
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Yet many supposedly intelligent and reasonable people acted as though they were entering into a real debate on
breastfeeding in public spaces, as though it were possible a valid argument might exist
against a child's right to be fed.
Yet, if someone says «I have nothing
against breastfeeding, I just don't like it when women
breastfeed in public», everyone loses their minds...
A UK Department of Health survey found that 84 % find
breastfeeding in public acceptable if done discreetly; however, 67 % mothers are worried about general opinion being
against public breastfeeding.
Robin Kaplan: Learning to
breastfeed in public can sometimes be a daunting for a new mom, especially
in the United States where mothers can sometimes be discriminated
against for nursing
in public.
Despite laws that protect women's right to
breastfeed in public, there are frequent press stories about women being advised
against breastfeeding or humiliated
in public for
breastfeeding.
She brought the legal action
against the pool, arguing staff had contravened her legal right to
breastfeed in public areas without discrimination.
Rev. Code § 49.60.215 states that it is an unfair practice for any person to discriminate
against a mother
breastfeeding her child
in any place of
public resort, accommodations, assemblage or amusement.
The Right to
Breastfeed Act, which gives women the right to breast - feed
in public, includes a provision that gives them the right to go to court
against any business or agency that tries to stop them from nursing.
«A lot of people point to men being exposed to breasts as their go - to when arguing
against why mothers shouldn't
breastfeed openly
in public,» the photographer explained.
This isn't the first time a mother
breastfeeding in public was discriminated
against.