Sunday, September 11, 2005

Chandler, moms at odds on breast-feeding law (East Valley Tribune)

Chandler’s breast-feeding task force appears ready to recommend a city ordinance protecting a mother’s right to breast-feed in public.

But task force members seem to split with city attorneys when it comes to mandating that right over private businesses.
"I don’t think we can have an ordinance that declares a right to breast-feed," said assistant city attorney Glenn Brockman.
Most of the dozen or so mothers who attended the task force’s first meeting Thursday objected to a section of a draft ordinance proposed by city staff that said the new law would not restrict private property owners from controlling and prohibiting conduct by guests or customers.



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