Could one of the UK Lactnetters explain what the anti-discrimination legislation in the UK means with regards breastfeeding. The statement about there not being a right to breastfeed in public (below) seems to contradict the previous statements.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.2209486.0.mum_thrown_out_of_cafe_for_breastfeeding.php
A spokeswoman from the Government Equalities Office said the 2008 Sex Discrimination Regulations, brought in earlier this month, make sex discrimination unlawful in the provisions of goods, facilities, services and premises to the public.

She said: "The EU Directive stipulates that less favourable treatment on grounds of pregnancy or maternity is direct sex discrimination.

"The law would apply if a restaurant owner turned a woman away for breastfeeding her newborn baby if the act of breastfeeding was the reason for doing so.

"The regulations do not provide a right for a mother to breastfeed in a public place."

The World Health Organisation recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months, because of its importance for the health of mums and babies. Less than two per cent of British babies are exclusively breastfed for this length of time.

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