Vote shields moms' rights (The State)

The sight of little children playing in the lobby of the State House isn’t all that unusual during the legislative session.

But on Wednesday, their doting mothers seemed particularly happy, too.

The state Senate gave final approval to a House-passed bill protecting a mother’s right to breast-feed her child in public places without violating the law.

“It’s done!” said a jubilant Lin Cook of Charleston, a breast-feeding counselor and doula, who spent a number of days at the State House this year, attending meetings and hearings in support of the bill.

“We focused on the health of the baby, but those babies grow into (larger) people, so we feel like we’ve raised the health of all South Carolinians today.”

Simple in tone, the bill states a mother can breast-feed children in any location she is authorized to be and that the practice cannot constitute indecent exposure.



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