Just a word of warning about using a 2005 report on state breastfeeding 
legislation.  Lots has happened since then.  I suggest using 
http://llli.org/Law/LawBills.html for the quickest current breastfeeding law 
language by state.  A visual I try to keep updated can be found at 
http://www.mothering.com/resources/map.pdf .  To give you an idea of how 
quickly these things change, I have an article on workplace pumping law 
coming out in May.  I submitted it to editorial in Oct./07 and have had to 
rewrite which states have which language in their laws three times since 
then.  It too will have a map graphic, like the public breastfeeding link, 
and it includes yet another law which will go into effect a few months after 
the magazine comes out.  So this is a rapidly changing landscape - on paper 
anyway. ;)

Jake Marcus, J.D.

>
> Date:    Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:11:53 +0000
> From:    Pamela Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: TX BF law
>
> Melissa, Thank you so much.  Your message also confirms the
> complexity of the whole issue.  Interesting that civil rights
> protection seems to include condemnation of discrimination on the
> grounds of race, but maybe not gender - if breastfeeding is a gender
> issue?  The Kellymom site is indeed a wonderful source of additional
> info, and I'm grateful to you for alerting me to this resource.  On
> it I found links to a great article taken from Mothering Magazine
> setting out the Indiscreet Breastfeeding Manifesto,
> at
> <http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/breastfeeding/bashful-brazen.html>http://www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/breastfeeding/bashful-brazen.html
> and another very comprehensive report from the United States
> Breastfeeding Committee, 2005, on State Legislation that protects
> promotes and supports breastfeeding: an inventory and analysis of
> state breastfeeding and maternity leave
> legislation
> <http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/State-Legislation-2004.pdf>http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/State-Legislation-2004.pdf.
>
> I also liked your suggestion that it might be helpful for a mom to
> bring to the organization's attention material that states why it
> should support breastfeeding.  We'll definitely suggest this.
>
> Pamela  (amazed by the extent of the very helpful response from so
> many Lactnetters to my question!)
>
> ---------------------------------
> There is a trespassing law in Texas that trumps the BFIP law. I looked i=
> nto this a couple of years ago, and if the owner of private property ask=
> s a person to leave and the person does not, they can be charged with tr=
> espassing.  Exception would be if the owner does so based on race, etc. =
> (civil rights protection). Breastfeeding in public is not a civil right =
> in TX or many other places. =
>
> Note that religious entities/houses of worship may be exempt from BFIP l=
> aws as well as certain civil rights laws. It is often helpful for a mom =
> in this situation to bring to the church's attention, material that stat=
> es why the entity should support BF.   I believe kellymom's site may hav=
> e links that could be helpful.
> Melissa Vance, JD, LLLL

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