Bill would allow public breast-feeding (The State)

Melissa Senf of Lexington has breast-fed her children in a lot of public places — on the Metro and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., in synagogues, churches and elsewhere.

It’s little wonder she stands firmly behind a bill that would protect a woman’s right to breast-feed a child in public places in South Carolina.

“That’s very important for me,” said Senf, 31, a mother of three. “The emotions of new moms and the powerful message this bill could send would show that (breast-feeding) is protected and valued and, indeed, encouraged.”

A rash of confrontations this year in the Palmetto State — mostly between breast-feeding moms and retailers — has drawn a spotlight to public breast-feeding and eventually sparked proposed legislation.




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