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[ID] 218 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen [Comment] All 50 states should be encouraged to have laws that expressly protect mothers who choose to breastfeed in public. Many states have laws like this on the books already, which is a wonderful trend. However, some states simply have laws that mention the legality of breastfeeding in public, rather than explicitly prohibiting discrimination against breastfeeding mothers. No mother should be made to feel that she cannot feed her hungry child in a public setting, but too often, women are asked to stop nursing or are made to feel guilty for doing so in public, and these comments come from both strangers and from people who work at the location they're visiting, such as employees of a museum, an airport, or a restaurant. I feel blessed never to have had such comments directed at me, but I know many women who have heard them and been disheartened. Fear of nursing in public plagues mothers across this country for many reasons (social pressures, modesty, etc.), but laws to protect these mothers AND public service announcements to promote general awareness about such policies would be two enormously helpful steps in the right direction. [Topic] 
Support for Breastfeeding in Public Settings
Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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