Nurse-In Scheduled After Breastfeeding Woman Is Told To Move

Ann-Marie Luciano was breastfeeding her child at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Maryland last week when a customer service representative told her she had to move.

Luciano is now organizing a "nurse-in" in hopes of raising awareness of breastfeeding laws.

So is publicly breastfeeding your baby in our area a "no-no?"

Lily Fountain, nursing professor at University of Maryland and midwife and Jacquelyn Bell-Benton, board of directors and treasurer of the D.C. Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc. joined us to help clarify the laws for our area.

The nurse-in, where mothers are asked to come and nurse their babies, is this Saturday, June 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick.

On the Net:

Breastfeeding Laws (Updated March 2010)
http://www.ncsl.org/issuesresearch/health/breastfeedinglaws/tabid/14389/default.aspx