Bill would protect breast-feeding (Lexington Herald-Leader)

FRANKFORT - Melissa Kroener was in a grocery last June when her 3-month-old son, Luke, got fussy and hungry.

Kroener, a law student, thought it too hot to breast-feed her child in the car and considered the store's bathroom "too gross." An employee offered her a seat at the front of the store.

All went well until a customer noticed and accused Kroener of public indecency. Another employee told her to move.

"I had been as discreet as could be but I got humiliated and frustrated," Kroener said. "There ought to be a law."

Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, agrees. His bill before the legislature would permit a mother to breast-feed her baby in any location, public or private.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Senate Bill 106 yesterday with no opposition, and placed it on the Senate's "consent calendar." That's a parliamentary move in the Senate to vote for bills collectively. It usually assures easy passage.


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