Breastfeeding in public

The other day I read an article on msnbc about a women being thrown off a plane in the US for breastfeeing her child on board - the airline claimes she wasn't being discreet!
Link to article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15720339/?from=ET
A bunch of garbage if you ask me!

Apparently in the US there is a constitutional right to breastfeed, but this right does not automatically override other interests such as those of a private employer who may refuse a mother breaks for pumping, or a private restaurant asking a mother to leave, however unfair that seems.
To read more about the law regarding the right to breastfeed in public in the US see the following link:
http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVJunJul05p51.html

Here is a link to a site where you can sign a petition to support breastfeeding in the US:
http://www.momsrising.org/breastfeeding-petition


I'm back in Denmark where the opposite couldn't be more true. All the cafe's are taken over by young mothers on maternity leave (1 year) and there has been a lot of debate about this here. Not because anyone had a problem with them breastfeeding in public but because they choose the change their babies right there among the coffee and cake - Yum!
Perhaps not the best aroma to mix with...

Would be great to hear some about the views of breastfeeding in public in other countries - please do tell...

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