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Forty-five states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have laws that specifically allow women to breastfeed in any public or private location. Each state has different laws pertaining to breastfeeding in public.

This site includes the many different laws about breastfeeding throughout the states. This is useful to check your sources and use this information in an argument about breastfeeding in public. It includes laws about breastfeeding in public, pertaining to public indecency, breast feeding in the workplace, etc.

This just might be what you need to make this a good topic for this class. Good find.

This is a parenting website that features an article on Dr Sears and what he has to say about extended breastfeeding. It contains good facts about why breastfeeding is good for babies/kids. This would be helpful in an argument as to why we should be allowed to breastfeed in public.

The article discusses the rights of breastfeeding mothers to feed their babies in public. Many places do allow access for women to breast feed, but some places do not allow breastfeeding in public although it may be banned from the state law's indecent exposure laws. 

This is just a little article that compares breastfeeding to Rosa Parks taking her seat on the bus and Martin Luther King Jr. on civil rights. Women in Seattle are now able to breastfeed in public without having to cover up or leave a public place. It is a womens violation of rights to have to cease feeding her child in public even if it is from her breast.

Most of us are aware that there are significant benefits to breastfeeding. One should know the laws and the resources to go to if one is discriminated against for breastfeeding in public. One should also be considerate of others when breastfeeding in public.

This site helps to clarify breastfeeding in public laws. Very informative, and interesting to know what rights a nursing mother has.

Breastfeeding in public is a controversial topic these days. Here is a site that shows one of the popular pictures going around in the news, military women breastfeeding in uniform. This is a military blog site that links to other credible sources. Information about military articles is posted.

This is a Yahoo news story of Jamie Grumet defending her picture on the Time magazine cover. (the one mentioned in the class discussion) the video on this article is no longer available, but the article is still good. Dr Sears appeared on the Today show with Grumet and gives his professional opinion about breastfeeding.

This article discusses the dangers in hospitals not supporting new mothers to breastfeed. There are some very interesting facts concerning rising costs in the hospital due to the lack of breastfeeding. There are also a number of statistics providing information on baby friendly hospital facilities. Very good resource for facts.

This website speaks about how many mothers aren't able to feed their babies properly because of the negative view this society has on breastfeeding in public. There are tips to use when one has to breastfeed in public. Also womenshealth tells mothers to not not be ashamed because they are providing nourishment to their children.

Another "Time" breastfeeding in public article, this time about a celebrity, Beyonce.This article also links to many other good articles about data related to breastfeeding, "nurse-ins", and sites like the American Academy of Pediatrics. A lot of this information is good to have to help support arguments for breastfeeding in public.

Giving mothers un-paid break time to pump the milk for their nursing child. People don't realize that this is not only a health benefit it is an economic benefit.

Breast feeding is a natural way of feeding babies. Any mom no mater the profession that they have should have the right to breast feed there children to the age they feel comfortable. Women that breast feed should also have concentration of those around them and should have the proper covering during the feeding process. Military moms or any mom should have the right to public feed there children no matter the uniform that they carry.

In this brief article, a woman was reprimanded by her employer for breast-feeding her 3-month-old son in a Fort Brag mini-mall. Someone who was offended by the woman breast-feeding filed an anonymous complaint and a few days later the woman was told by her manager that the Army and Air Force Exchange Services, which manages military malls, has banned breast feeding. Although the employee did not want to make anyone uncomfortable or cause any further issue after her reprimand both North Carolina and federal law, allow women to breast-feed in public, even if their breast is exposed.

This was an issue 11 years ago when I was a breastfeeding mom. I had no choice but to take my 8 week old baby with me to a mandatory work meeting. I had a "cover" that is made to drape over me like a pancho. You could see nothing. Not even the baby's feet! I was asked to leave the meeting. That also came with repercussions, obviously out of my control. The mind blowing part of this entire story is my boss was a mother that had nursed her baby when he was little. Wouldn't you think she would understand more than anyone? This article is interesting to me due to the fact that there are laws in place to keep mothers from breastfeeding their children. That is outrageous! You should not feel pressured to bottle feed your child. It is a personal choice. I as a parent, had weighed out the pros and cons of both. And I made the decision to give my daughter a healthy head start. Why should we as human beings, be punished for taking proper care of our children. In my opinion, people need to find something else to complain about. And they will!

In this article, they talk about how 45 states including Arizona allow nursing in public and private places. Women can not be charged for any form of indecent exposure when it comes to breast feeding.

Mothers don't have the time to breastfeed or pump while at work. Some workplaces don't have the right accommodations for these mothers. There are programs for the moms.

Women are often warned to not consume alcohol during pregnancy, as ample evidence has shown that it poses a severe and avoidable risk to her unborn baby. The risks of consuming alcohol while breastfeeding are not as well defined.