Sunday, September 25, 2005

Letter: Breast-feeding should be legal (MetroWest Daily News)

In John Lambert's column, "Changing times and a woman's body," (Sept. 18) he writes, "Nursing a baby in public is now legal in all 50 states."

On the state level, 35 states have clarified that a woman may breastfeed her child in public without being in violation of any criminal statutes (for example, public indecency). Massachusetts is one of 15 states - and the only New England state - that has failed to enact any such legislation...

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