Monday, March 06, 2006

Governor signs breast-feeding bill (AP Wire)

TOPEKA, Kan. - Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed legislation making it clear that a mother has the legal right to nurse a newborn in public.

"We all want children to have the opportunity to grow up happy and healthy," Sebelius said in a written statement Monday. "By reaffirming that mothers can breast-feed anywhere they have a right to be, we can help mothers and their babies."

The new law, which takes effect within two weeks, says a woman can breast-feed in any place she has a right to be.


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