Rhode Island: Breastfeeding Made Legal
Rhode Island changed their policy on breastfeeding in public. Now it’s not only allowed in public, but women can sue an establishment if their right to, you know, feed their child has been violated.
Previously, the law stated that breastfeeding moms wouldn’t be subjected to public indecency laws. (Gee, thanks.)
We’ve blogged about breastfeeding in public before. There was the one about the woman kicked out of Denny’s in North Carolina. Kristen also blogged about a Kentucky McDonald’s asking a woman to leave for nursing.
In both cases, the police threatened to charge the mamas with trespassing.
These cases show us a few obvious things:
