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Windy City Breastfeeding

Posted by realityrounds on September 5, 2009

Here we go again.  I woman in Chicago was harassed by a passerby, a woman with two children in tow, for breastfeeding her infant on a public bench in Lincoln Square.  The breastfeeding mom was told to cover herself with a blanket (it was 90 degrees outside) or the anti-breastfeeding pedestrian would call the police.  Reminder:  it is 100% legal in the state of Illinois to nurse your child in public, anywhere, anytime.

So the breastfeeding mom was so pissed she recruited other nursing moms to join her for a  “nurse in” in the middle of Lincoln Square by a fountain.  Over 30 nursing moms showed up to contribute to their lactation devotion.  The harasser was nowhere to be found.  *Just for fun, I added some real live comments from cave people on this issue.*

“if she really just wanted to feed her son she would have done it discreetly so not to offend other people.”

“7 months old and still on the teet?
something tells me she will still be doing it when the child is 14 months as well.”

“No wants to see these women breastfeeding. Have some discretion and get a life.”

“How come it is never a hot mom in public breast-feeding?
It is always some hippie,angry at the world so I won’t shave my armpit liberal,that does this kind of thing.”

RR

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