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A Handy Guide To Where Women Can Breastfeed In Public
With so many restaurants kicking breastfeeding women out, and so many employers telling women to nurse their kids and use their pumps in toilet stalls, we here at Mommyish have put together a handy guide for women so they know where they’re allowed to breastfeed and pump. Confused about where you can whip it out? Allow us to clarify.
Am I allowed to breastfeed at this majestic courthouse I’m hanging out in?
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It’s your right as an American! You are legally allowed to breastfeed in any and every federal building and on any federal property.
How about this park bench I’m sitting on? Or the post office I’m headed to?
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How about in a restaurant? Can I breastfeed while shoving a cheeseburger in my mouth?
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In most states it is LEGAL to breastfeed in public. 46 states (and Washington D.C.) have laws protecting a woman’s right to breastfeed in public. Of the four that that don’t – Idaho, South Dakota, Virginia and Michigan – three “exempt breastfeeding from public indecency laws.” Idaho is the a-hole state with no breastfeeding laws in place.
