Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Debate swirls over public breastfeeding

It could stem from Barbara Walters' recent comments on ABC-TV's "The View," when she said it made her "uncomfortable" to be seated on an airplane next to a woman who was breastfeeding her infant.

Or it could be the story of a North Chicago, Ill., woman being asked to leave the wading pool area at Six Flags Great America last month. The woman claims she was told to stop and take her child to one of two designated "breastfeeding rooms" so people who had complained would not be offended.

Either way, debates about breastfeeding in public have sprung up all around the country of late.



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