Friday, February 03, 2006

Lingerie store says no to breast-feeding (Houston Chronicle)

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a Victoria's Secret store, surrounded by frilly bras and blown-up images of barely covered models, Lori Rueger says she was told to find somewhere else to breast feed.

Rueger's story — told during a hearing in support of a state bill to ensure breast feeding is allowed in public places — so angered a state lawmaker that he's urging women to form a national Mothers Against Victoria's Secret movement.

"It's really kind of subhuman behavior. And subhuman behavior warrants some kind of strong response other than just a little law that we pass in South Carolina," Rep. Walt McLeod, D-Little Mountain, said Wednesday.

Rueger was one of more than a couple of dozen mothers, doctors, lawyers and other breast-feeding advocates who were on hand to urge passage of the bill.



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