Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Moms defend right to breast-feed (The Leaf Chronicle)

A woman breast-feeding her baby in public is not trying to be titillating. Far from a display of immodesty, breast-feeding is a simple utilitarian process: A mother is feeding her child.

"No matter where I am, I have food ready," says Tammy Patton, the mother of 6-month-old twins Lukas and Alexis.

Newborns need to be fed at least every three or four hours. Breast-feeding mothers would have to spend most of their lives at home to avoid breast-feeding in public.



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