On Friday, [Texas State Representative] Farrar filed a bill that would allow mothers booted from a public place for nursing can sue and collect damages from whomever did the booting, be it an individual, business, government or other entity. via Texas Moms Kept From Breastfeeding in Public Could Soon Have the Right to Sue –… [Read more…]
February 24, 2013
Stefanie Cruz of Phenix City says she was nursing her daughter Feb. 14 when a security guard at the library asked her to cover her breast. “I was very nervous to come back here,” Cruz, 25, said during Friday’s nurse-in. via ‘Nurse-in’ at library promotes awareness of breast-feeding issues | Latest News | Columbus Ledger… [Read more…]
February 20, 2013
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A Moanalua mother is fighting for her right to breastfeed in public. Brittany Baldwin said she was nursing her baby in the downtown Macy’s store on Tuesday, when a security guard told her to stop. via Moanalua mom fights for right to breastfeed in public – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and… [Read more…]
February 19, 2013
Paula Stock, 24, of Letzen Road, Canvey, says workers at Bird’s Bridal, in Chelmsford, told her she could not feed her five-month-old son Sydney in the shop. “Another woman came out and said ‘I can’t let you do that’ and they had dresses in there that are worth thousands of pounds and I would have… [Read more…]
February 12, 2013
Keep up the good work Missouri! Its time that archaic rider about discretion was removed from public breastfeeding laws. Breastfeeding is the way babies EAT. discretion has nothing to do with it! A Bill In The Missouri Senate Would Change Breastfeeding Rules – KMBZ.
February 5, 2013
Mothers seeking wet nurses need support not scaremongering By Karleen Gribble, University of Western Sydney Wet nursing, where a woman other than the mother breastfeeds a baby, is a practice as old as history itself. In modern times, the availability of refrigeration and breast pumps has enabled women to also share expressed breast milk. But… [Read more…]
January 30, 2013
Delaware teen mom Jaielyn has been denied reasonable accommodation (or any accommodation!!) to allow her to continue breastfeeding her baby at her highschool. The school has recommended she only breastfeed her baby before and after school hours. This means Jaielyn cannot even pump for her baby! The school nurse told Jaielyn’s mother that an electric… [Read more…]
January 24, 2013
“We have four bathrooms,” he says. “If it was really just a matter of feeding your child, there was a bathroom not 20 feet away. So, it wasn’t a question of her rights. It was a question of her ability to do what she wanted, how she wanted to do it.” This story makes… [Read more…]
January 24, 2013
HEARING stories about women being told off for breastfeeding in public has prompted a Warriewood woman to organise a public “mass feed” event. Emma Page said mothers should never have to feel ashamed about breastfeeding in public, nor should they be pressured to cover their baby and chest while doing it. When: 11.30am, Jan 31… [Read more…]
January 24, 2013
Sara Keagle, flight attendant and founder of TheFlyingPinto.com published an article on Huffpost today entitled: 10 Gross Things Flight Attendants Have Seen On Airplanes. Would you believe her first two gross outs had to do with breastfeeding? Sorry, Sara if having to accommodate nursing mothers wasn’t part of the glamour that you signed up for… [Read more…]
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