Breastfeeding in Public : Breastfeeding Legal Rights

Mothers have a legal right to breastfeed their baby in public, no matter where the mother happens to be when her baby needs to eat. Learn more about the legal rights of breastfeeding women with tips from a lactation educator in this free parenting video.

Expert: Laine Podell Camino
Bio: Laine PodellCamino MA, CLE, CIIM, is the owner of A Mothers Haven and is a certified Lactation Educator.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

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• breastfeeding
• nursing
• breastfeed
• public breastfeeding
• nursing tops
• baby wraps

[007bcom]

You're right... I'll be ignorant from now and and feed my child an inferior source of nutrition because you're opinions matter more to me than my baby!

[deamarie0779]

Breastfeeding should get the same respect from the public as women feeding their babies bottles, I have never heard someone ask a woman feeding her infant if she would like to go to the restroom and do that? I will continue to breastfeed my 2 month old son whenever and wherever he is hungry.

[panarkas]

I can't believe that even breastfeeding is raising a question of legitimacy in the USA.

[DarcMac]

@KasiaCzary I agree; the bathroom is no more suitable for a baby to eat in any more than an adult.

[DarcMac]

@StormOfSwords You got a point there... she can't complain about some dude watching if she's taking them out in public, I suppose.

[sheikhsalaam]

You are right don't have shame like animals do your all jobs publicaly. Don't wear clothes let's see your naked body to comment correctly. You're well developed and advanced. Animals are not civilized because they don't know how to weave cloth.Now a days it is very hard to find out girls, the large numbers are sex

[nocturne1980]

I thank God that He gave me the ability to provide the best nutrition for my baby. It doesn't matter if you cover up or not while breastfeeding, because I have run across people who are even offended by a woman who is completely covered. You can't please all the people all the time. Be modest, yet put your child's need for food above the few who feel women should not breastfeed. God gave females this gift, not to be ashamed of, but to provide. Modesty yes, common sense also...certainly!

[KasiaCzary]

Ok, I have a small rhetoric question: Do farmers cover a cow with a blanket when the calf is drinking :o)? Do they remove cows with calves "from the eyes of the public" and hide them in some dirty or remote place? (public bathrooms tend to be extremely dirty, too dirty to even do there what they are made for)

If men were able to have babies and breastfeed, breastfeeding would be talked about on major TV shows and visible everywhere. Anti-breastfeeding is just plain old discrimination :p :o)

[lovemyman1103]

pathetic how people think you should cover up if your breastfeeding but it's fine to be exposed if you're dressed like a skank

[Peachiko]

I'm all for breastfeeding babies and stuff, but I DON'T think anyone has the right to walk around a grocery store, or clothing department with the big nasty titty hanging out so my family has to see it. >;/ There's nothing wrong with breastfeeding, but there IS something wrong would not being MODEST about it.

[PaulsJadeAngel]

there's nothing wrong with nursing in public... but if you expect everyone else to respect your right to nurse, respect them and cover up (even if your child doesnt like blankets... wear a shirt that will not reveal anything when the baby is nursing) there's nothing wrong with wanting people to respect your rights NOR respecting theirs as well. it's hypocrisy to want anything else.

[holocaustexpert]

Breeastfeeding in public is a ego trip. Women can do it at home, in a car , but when a woman flips out the breast , a big one, in a public place, I tell them it is wrong and to cover up. Modesty is the REAL issue and control of ego. Not hunger. Never Forget.