Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Breastfeeding and the Law (Bostonist)

I recently received a petition by e-mail to support passage of a proposed state law that would protect mothers who breast feed in public from being charged with indecent exposure. Is this really a pressing issue? I thought we had protective laws.

- A mom in Somerville

No Mass. law expressly protects breast feeding, putting the Commonwealth in the minority of states (only 14 others have no law that explicitly allows breastfeeding in public places) (you can see a state-by-state summary of breastfeeding laws here).


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