When it's feeding time, moms have rights, too (The Republican)

Here in Massachusetts, the cradle of liberty, there is no law guaranteeing mothers the right to nurse their babies in public.

The need for such a law was made obvious recently when Emily Gillette was ordered off a Freedom Airlines flight in Burlington, Vt., because she refused to cover her baby's head with a blanket while breast-feeding.

The incident sparked demonstrations at airports across the country, including Bradley International Airport, where one demonstrator, Susan Parker, the mother of a 10-month-old daughter, told the Associated Press, "It's a basic human thing that we are doing and we should be able to do it in public without being kicked off planes; without being told in sit in bathrooms. It's a human right."



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