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The author is a mother who believes that women should be allowed to breastfeed in public. She mentions the incident of a Detroit woman being asked to leave a bus because she was breastfeeding. The author suggests that this type of treatment makes things harder for nursing moms, because they...
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Breastfeeding moms gather at bus terminal in Troy to protest alleged treatment of nursing mother
A description of the protest that took place in response to a woman being kicked off a public bus for breastfeeding. About 50 mothers and children assembled at a bus terminal in Troy, Mich. to protest the woman's treatment by the bus driver. A representative for the bus system issued a...
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Taylor mom challenges stigma of breastfeeding in public
The article tells the story Afrykayn Moon, a Detroit woman who was asked to leave a public bus because she refused to stop breastfeeding her child. After having her first child, Moon became an advocate for breastfeeding, and was appalled by the treatment she received from the female bus...
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SMART driver, dispatcher suspended in breast-feeding incident
The bus driver who told a nursing mother to leave the bus after she refused to stop breastfeeding, was reprimanded by her employer. The driver received a five-day suspension without pay. The driver's dispatcher also received a three-day suspension.
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Legislation proposed in support of nursing after mother kicked off bus
A description of the event in which a Michigan woman was kicked off a bus for breastfeeding her child. Two of the state's lawmakers proposed legislation to protect women from discrimination based on public breastfeeding. The law would prohibit businesses from denying service to a...
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Food or lewd? Breast-feeding reveals divide
The article explores both sides of the public breastfeeding debate. According to a survey of 4,000 adults by the Centers for Disease Control, 48 percent said they were comfortable with public breastfeeding, and 30 percent said they were not. The article also details the stories of three women...
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Breastfeeding in Public: A Right or a Privilege?
The author describes another incident in which a mother was asked to stop breastfeeding her child in a private business. She argues that in this situation the woman was not denied the right to breastfeed, but rather was asked to do it at another time or place. She also suggests that owners of...
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Surgeon General: Breastfeeding Should Be Less Hassle
The U.S. Surgeon General promotes the benefits of breastfeeding. Within the next 10 years, the government hopes to have 82 percent of new mothers start breastfeeding. They also want to increase the length of time that women breastfeed by encouraging them to nurse their children for at least...
