Hi eveveryone! Ohio Lactation Consultant Assoc. got involved in the legislation arena after a bf mother was asked to leave a Ruebens exhibit at the Toledo Art Museum where she was discreetly nursing in a chair in the room. The reason given was that "no food was allowed in the exhibit". The next day there was a sit-in by bf mothers out- side the museum and a pro-bf editorial in the local paper. The reasoning was suddenly reversed by the museum. But our organ- ization contacted some legislators that we had talked to before about other matters and one of them was willing to introduce a bill to prohibit interference with breastfeeding in any public or private lacation. It was introduced under a section of laws labeled "offenses against the family". Unfortunately the legis- lative session ended before the law was passed. We hope to get it done this session. I understand that the legislation in New York was passed under the "civil rights" umbrella. I sat next to the legislator that introduced the legislation in Florida in Atlanta at breakfast last summer. He said that it all came about there when he was approached by a constituent who had been asked to leave a mall because she was bf'ing. So it all goes to show that in a democracy one person can make a difference. -- /-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\ | Pat Buckell BA,IBCLC | | Avon Lake, OH | \-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/