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Yikes!
That is so ridiculous!
My mother just retired and moved to Tennessee- I'm glad that my
children are past nursing age (11 & 13)- I can't imagine getting
charged with public indecency for nursing a child over 12 months.
Both of my children nursed WELL over 12 months of age!
So sad......
Angie
Retired LLLL in SW Wisconsin
On Jul 1, 2006, at 7:58 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:
> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 00:44:36 GMT
> From: Melissa <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: New Tenn Law
>
> Anyone out there from Tenn? There's a new law regarding public
> breastfee=
> ding, but *only* if the child is under 12 months of age. What is
> even w=
> orse, is that breastfeeding is only exempted from the public
> indecency s=
> tatutes if the mother is breastfeeding a child under 12 months of
> stage.=
> Basically, if you nurse a child over 12 months of age in Tenn. you
> can =
> be charged with public indecency. HB3582, Chapter No. 617.
> In my view, this is worse than not having any protection at all.
> Melissa Vance, JD, LLLL (who hopes she hasn't exceeded her post
> limit fo=
> r the day).
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