The stigma of breastfeeding
Many in the public don't recognize the legality and necessity of the act

http://www.dailyevergreen.com/disp_story.php?storyId=19367

(partial quotes)
Quick question: What do Barbara Walters and a Neill librarian have in common? 
Answer: Equating public nursing with public indecency. 

Breasts are a dangerous weapon and a worse one if they are loaded with milk. Just ask Walters about the day she was confronted with one on an airplane. 
"It made me very nervous," Walters said on her TV show, and I can only suppose she meant the breast - it could attack unexpectedly, I suppose. "She didn't cover [herself] with a blanket. It made me uncomfortable." 
Says you, Walters. I am sure that baby was in full bliss. Live and let live, is what I say.


(FYI - if you missed them last year during the Nurse-In, here's the video clips of what Barbara Walters said:
small/low quality version:
http://www.zippyvideos.com/114716894382615.html

slightly bigger and clearer version:
http://www.zippyvideos.com/137928795382655.html

(There's been 22,000 viewings since last year- can you imagine!!!)
Janice Reynolds

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